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ADULT LEARNING

ADULT LEARNING. The View from the DfES. Brian Helsdon Department for Education & Skills Access and Inclusion Team. SUCCESSES. 48% real increase in funding in FE since 1997 Investment in improving quality & standards in teaching & learning Improved the basic skills of over a million adults.

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ADULT LEARNING

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  1. ADULT LEARNING The View from the DfES Brian Helsdon Department for Education & Skills Access and Inclusion Team

  2. SUCCESSES • 48% real increase in funding in FE since 1997 • Investment in improving quality & standards in teaching & learning • Improved the basic skills of over a million adults

  3. PRIORITIES (1) • a place at a school, college or training provider for every young person who stays on education or training; • help for adults who lack basic skills or the platform of skills for employability (a first full Level 2 qualification); • a wide range of opportunities for adults to progress to higher level skills and qualifications; and • the continued availability of a wide range of adult learning opportunities for personal and community development.

  4. PRIORITIES (2) • fewer places on publicly funded courses c230k by 2007/8 • - 500K on internal/ non certificated provision • + 270K places on full level 2 • 3.5m adults on FE courses in 2007/8 (-6%) • LSC will cease to fund certain courses eg short courses

  5. FEES • new balance between the taxpayer, employer and individual learner • fee assumptions up from 27.5% to 37.5% and ultimately 50% • Mori/ NIACE poll figures suggest public support • Continued financial support for learners and fee remission

  6. LEARNERS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND DISABILITIES • Little Report “Through Inclusion to Excellence” • ALI Report “Greater Expectations: provision for learners with disabilities” • LSC supports more than 641,000 LLDDs at a cost of nearly £1.5b pa • No policy to transfer responsibility for LLDDs to PCDL

  7. FE WHITE PAPER • Focus on vocational training and employability skills • New opportunities; specialisation, • Competition • Train to Gain, IAG, Foundation Learning Tier • Reaffirms commitment to learning for its own intrinsic value

  8. LEARNING FOR PERSONAL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT • Safeguarded budget of £210m in 2006/7 • £120m for learning programmes run by local authorities now run as part of adult and community learning, which are not directly associated with qualifications. • £33m of similar provision in FE. • £57m for family learning, including the family literacy, language and numeracy programme and the budget for neighbourhood learning.

  9. ACL AND PCDL FUNDING 2005/6 & 6/7

  10. PCDL - OBJECTIVES • A good balance of high quality provision in every area • Wider participation • Help for pockets of deprivation • Minimise form filling for teachers and learners

  11. RENEWED PLANNING ARRANGEMENTS • Reinvigorate PCDL • Include similar non LSC funded provision • Bring greater coherence and co-ordination • Engage local communities in planning PCDL in a consistent way

  12. NEXT STEPS • formulate proposals for local LSC led Partnerships to plan and co-ordinate local provision • secure buy in by national stakeholders and other Government Departments through an external Task Group • model the impact of redistribution using agreed 2006/7 baseline

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