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Direct linkStanistreet, Paul – Adults Learning, 2010
In this article Pat Bacon, President of the Association of Colleges, discusses the estimated 200 million British Pounds cut to colleges' adult course budgets. With no flexibility to transfer money from one budget to another, colleges are having to face up to course closures and the threat of redundancies. Bacon contends that it's time ministers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Colleges, Educational Finance
Stanistreet, Paul – Adults Learning, 2011
The seventies and eighties saw the adult education movement renew and reexamine its commitment to opening up learning opportunities to "disadvantaged" groups. The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) was now part of the mainstream of public policy making in lifelong learning and had a significant role in delivering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Public Policy
Stanistreet, Paul – Adults Learning, 2008
There were a few raised eyebrows when the Association of Colleges (AoC) appointed Martin Doel, an Air Commodore with almost 30 year's service in the Royal Air Force (RAF) but little direct experience of college culture, as its new Chief Executive. As he prepares to take the helm next month, Doel, while acknowledging the challenges ahead, is…
Descriptors: Government Role, Skill Development, Armed Forces, Foreign Countries
