Adult education has a powerful and positive role in society. As well as empowering people to take charge of their lives, connecting communities and providing the skilled workers that employers need, adult education contributes to enriching our society, stimulates personal development and employability, which in turn helps reduce inequality and promote economic growth.
UCU members in the Adult Education work in local government, mayoral combined authorities, FE colleges and other providers. They are highly skilled, experienced education professionals, rooted in the community whose tireless work to support a diverse range of learners benefits the whole of society and promotes social cohesion.
If the UK government is serious about a driving economic growth, creating pathways to new skills, training and jobs and a decade of renewal it needs to invest in Adult Education and reverse the cuts to the Adult Skills Fund:
- spending on adult skills and apprenticeships in 2025 is 23% lower than 2009-10 levels
- spending on classroom-based adult education fell by over 40% since 2009-10
- spending on adult education/apprenticeships fell by 38% between 2010-11 and 2020-21
- the DfE has announced a 6% cut to Adult Skills Fund (ASF) for 2025-2026
- the DfE have informed Mayors to expect a 2-3% cut to their ASF for 2025-2026.
We, the undersigned, call upon the UK government to reverse the cuts to the Adult Skills Fund and invest in Adult and Community Education.
Signed:
901
John Holford
University of Nottingham
900
Catrin Ashton
Select One
899
Melanie Cooke
King’s College
898
Catherine Owen
Cornwall
897
Miranda Yau
WM College
896
Hannah Lyons-Tsai
Loughborough University London
895
Halise Unsal
Bristol City of College Green
894
Eyorusaliem Medhanie
City of Bristol college
893
Abeba Gebrehiwot
City of bristol colleg green
892
Yanrong Chen
Bristol College Green
891
Olena Zhuravlova
College Green
890
Yasnai Castro Martinez
Reino Unido
889
Rahelehsadat Pourseyedfathollah
888
fatou sene
887
Diego Vacchi
College Green
886
Karen Lane
South and City College B'ham
885
Safia Flissi
South and City College B'ham
884
George Davies
South and City College B'ham
883
Akriti Rastogi
University of Exeter
882
Jean-Luc Provansal
Mons
881
Hana Imamura
City of Bristol College
880
Liam Bull
City of Bristol College
879
Andrew Nava
Bristol
878
Jill Brown
CoB college
877
Slavica Talbot
City of Bristol College
876
Alison Beckingham
Somerset
875
Matthew Kavanagh
City of Bristol College.
874
Maria Sousamli
City of Bristol College
873
Dave Cook
Cornwall
872
Rebecca Miller
City of Bristol College
871
Zahid Gill
City of Bristol College
870
Nicola Read
City of Bristol College
869
Suzanne Muna
City of Bristol College
868
Alison Foster
City of Bristol College
867
Kevin Daws
City of Bristol College
866
Phillippa Wallis
City of Bristol College
865
Caroline Sparey
864
Elizabeth Elliott
University of Aberdeen
863
Öykü Inal
University of Edinburgh
862
Caroline Jones
DBC training center
861
Stewart Jackson
Kirklees College
860
Stevie Callender
Hereford College of Arts
859
Imogen Breen
Ruskin College
858
Duncan Moore
South Devon College
857
Elaine Bancroft
East Midlands
856
Robert Burgess
WAES
855
Karolina Belzyt
Westminster Adult education service
854
Victoria Pearson
ACL Essex
853
Jo Rendell
Kent Adult Education
852
Sonia Ali
Make Happen Insitute
851
Jane Oldham
850
Jacqueline Hedman
Capital city college group
849
jeanette copperman
Open University
848
Simon Armour
847
David Hutt
Retired
846
Elizabeth Bone
City Lit
845
Rhys Davies
University of Glasgow
844
Carol Bailey
University of Wolverhampton
843
Emmon Croot
Cardiff University
842
Sonia Ritter
841
Viktorija Kesaite
OXFORDSHIRE
840
D Carver
Charity
839
Harvey Sharman-Dunn
Nwslc
838
Michelle Stear
Activate Learning, Reading College
837
ian Reynolds
Leicestershire
836
Julie Blakey
County (optional)
835
Jean Burbridge
Leicestershire
834
R Ball
833
Stephen Haswell
N/A
832
Peter Flack
Unite Community
831
Stephen Wagg
De Montfort University
830
Anne Knight
Retired Leicester College
829
Jo Cooper
828
Ian Baker
Leicester College
827
Ashley Chapman
Leicester College
826
Jacie Walker
Retired, Warwickshire College
825
Ching Law
West Midlands
824
Jennifer Scherr
University of Bristol (retired)
823
Indie Choudhury
Courtauld Institute of Art
822
Peter Conner
University of Sheffield International College
821
Sandra Fox
England
820
Sue Ivesmoiba
Capital City College
819
Amanda Tatton
Open University
818
Robert Birtwell
West Sussex
817
Gary Price
816
Kathryn Price
ENG
815
rita machin
retired
814
Michael Wills
HMP Oakwood
813
Gita Hahn
City Lit
812
Petra Molthan-Hill
NBS
811
Siobhan Dytham
Northampton
810
Laura Martin-Cisneros
MMU
809
Sungkyung Kang
Durham University
808
Marie Jefsioutine
Warwick University
807
Harini Rajeev
Teesside University
806
Mary Mazzilli
University of Essex
805
Valerie Jeannon
City of Bristol
804
Tony Molyneux
Dudley College
803
Elizabeth Johnson
Anglia Ruskin University
802
Elaine Banks
The City of Liverpool College
801
Mike O’Mahony
University of Bristol
800
Kristin Fredricksson
Lamda
799
Paul Edward Sidney Lovejoy
Please select...
798
David Wilson
Loughborough University
797
Maria Perissiou
University of Portsmouth
796
Karis Weightman
Aston University
795
John H Duthie
Edinburgh University
794
Anne Jenichen
Aston University
793
Adam Vernone
University of Reading
792
Catherine Parker
Birmingham City University
791
Nigel Johnson
Retired
790
Caroline Lee
Cambridgeshire
789
Heidi McWade
College of West Anglia
788
Imogen Shaw
Select One
787
Lilly Markaki
Please Select
786
Rees R Begum
Mobile telephone
785
Gilian Hogg
UCL
784
Rebecca Jones
Tyne and Wear
783
Amelie Addison
Northumbria University
782
Angelos Kalitzeos
UCL
781
Danilo Di Emidio
Select
780
Tim Radnor
University of Sheffield
779
Rich Kearnes
Kent
778
Patrick Lown
University of Essex
777
Fenella Rathbone
776
Simon Olley
Redbridge Institute
775
Matthew Walker
LCCA
774
Morris Brodie
Aberystwyth University
773
Thomas Donoghue
University of Manchester
772
Loretta Lipworth
MMU
771
Marta Wasenczuk
770
Julie Bills
University of Edinburgh
769
Mary Agnew
Halesowen College
768
Cornelia Grabner
Lancaster University
767
Toni Oxlee
Medway Adult Education
766
Kim Fenton
EKC Group
765
Inessa Hadjivayanis
Please select
764
Mary Pickersgill
Retired (RHUL)
763
Nathalie Ormrod
Aston University
762
Mark Weinstein
Nottinghamshire
761
Paul Leon John Mackney
West Midlands
760
Giulia Lorenzi
759
Eleni Tseligka
Aston University
758
Carolyn Myles
Capital City College Group
757
Naomi Pennington
University of York
756
Mark Watson
Norfolk
755
Rob Peutrell
Belong
754
George Binette
753
Christabel Harley
University of the arts, London
752
Walaa Abu-Taleb
London university
751
T Sisay
Lambeth College
750
Helen Gourlay
Norfolk
749
Samuel Price
Avon
748
Gary Bassett
Medway adult learning - Retired
747
Mirella Carinanos Ruiz
Tyne and Wear
746
Jessica Kirwin-Gusthart
University of Reading
745
Zoe Forster
Kent
744
Gita Hahn
City Lit
743
Amelia Wade
SBC
742
Rehana Pirmahomed
Leicester College
741
Michelle hughes
Merseyside
740
Sukey Tarr
Sheffield Hallam University
739
Philippa Browning
university of Manchester
738
Louise Best
Bishop Auckland College
737
Phoebe McLeod
Lancs
736
Sarah Bell
Merseyside
735
Tom Bamford
Nottingham College
734
Gerald Harniman
Ex- Westminster FE College (now Westminster & Kingsway)
733
Richard Kotter
Northumbria University
732
Raphael Hoermann
University of Lancashire
731
Felicity Slocombe
730
Lia Betti
University College London
729
Amandeep Ghuman
North Kent College
728
Amanda Beckett
ESCG Hastings
727
Chris Lloyd Mills
Nottingham Trent University
726
Jack Mounser
University of Bristol
725
Kevin Hoffin
Birmingham City University
724
Julie Bernstein
University of Derby
723
Harvey Ditchfield
University of Bristol
722
Eve Lacey
University of Cambridge
721
Catherine Cobham
University of St Andrews
720
Diane Johns
Dudley
719
Carol Rea
Lincolnshire
718
Brandon High
Hertfordshire
717
Bridget Fowler
University of Glasgow
716
jo bamford
Essex
715
Mayuko Inagawa
Cardiff University
714
Bob Mullis
713
Elizabeth Carstairs
Essex
712
Catherine Geldart
711
Katie Adams
City of Bristol College
710
Miichael Mallett
City College
709
KATE CAREY
England
708
Nadia Stewart
Kent
707
Lesley Welborn
Retired
706
maurice neville
705
Sharon Ponting
England
704
Corinne Bailey
West Yorkshire
703
Adrian Whittaker
London/Greater London
702
Caroline Greatorex
Yes
701
Bill Stephenson
UCL retired
700
Tina Darley
699
rosario kane-Iturrioz
Retired Coventry University lecturer
698
Andrew Holland
Greater Manchester
697
Louise Plummer
696
Amanda Harris
695
John Bower
Southampton College
694
Eleanor McLaughlin
Ripon College Cuddesdon
693
Kate Watson
South West
692
Steph Hay
University of Edinburgh
691
Luan Cassal
University College Birmingham
690
Dr Benito A Juarez Aubry
University of York
689
Danny Piesley
Midlands
688
Alexandra Hudson
Derbyshire
687
Robert Wright
Bradford
686
Craig Mooney
De Montfort University Leicester
685
Richard Turner
Somerset
684
Daniel Walsh
Northumbria University
683
Shivani Rao
LSE
682
Sarah Evans
High peak
681
Peter Goddard
University of Liverpool
680
Sarah Mellor
Derbyshire
679
Alex Townsend
South Essex College
678
Rosemary Meggy
Adult Education Lewisham
677
LUNA DE FERRARI
Midlothian
676
Margaret Collier
WARWICKSHIRE
675
Gillian Roberts
Notts
674
Chris Downs
The Open University
673
Theresa Wicks
Derby College
672
John Peters
retired– freelance lecturer
671
Richard Gilbert
University of Sheffield
670
David O'Brien
Derbyshire
669
Ilona Buchroth
University of Sunderland
668
Jane Wilbur
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
667
Laura Smith
666
Sam Clarke
AoC East Midlands
665
Gail Taylor
664
Pawel Jaskulski
Paul Mellon Centre
663
A Shahid
662
Charlie Parkinson
Bradford College
661
Catrin Edwards
Monmouthshire
660
Annette Allen
659
JOSEPHINE MCNISH
Northants
658
Ron Brown
Retired
657
Kris Knauer
Morley College
656
Amanda DYER
Surrey
655
Mandy Otway
Ealing Hammersmith and West London College
654
Lindsey Kinsella
Dorset
653
ian Hilborne
Somerset
652
Samantha Youles
University of Portsmouth
651
Pamela Tidswell
University of Bradford
650
Eleonora Sammartino
University of Southampton
649
Alison Winstone
Retired
648
Kat Dixon
South West
647
Adil Asim
Capital city college group
646
THOMAS MICHAEL Doyle
Other
645
Robbie McArthur
West Lothian
644
Laura Caradonna-Snow
University of Manchester
643
Laura Povoledo
UWE Bristol
642
Rosy Mack
University of Birmingham
641
Mike Tiller
England
640
Anneli Albi
University of Kent
639
Valeri Gladkova
University of Cambridge
638
Ailsa Boyd
University of Glasgow
637
Niccolò Temperanza
Coventry University - Escape Studios
636
Samantha Jensen
City College Norwich
635
Narges Yavari
Midlands - East
634
Jenny Fairbrass
Non-affiliated
633
Mark Neagle
MERSEYSIDE,
632
Laila Horan
University of Bedfordshire
631
Ulrik Buchholtz
University of Nottingham
630
Gary Stratmann
UCL (retired)
629
julie stephenson
Novus foundation for change
628
Karl McCreadie
Ulster University
627
Neil Alldred
County Antrim
626
Alistair Daniel
The Open University
625
Claire Fenlon
Worcestershire
624
Rebecca Cresswell
Hackney Commmunity Learning
623
Shauntelle Riley
Wymott
622
Sara Narayan
University of Sheffield
621
Michael Carpenter
Leicestershire
620
Holly Quinlan
Cardiff University
619
Daniella Holland-Hart
618
Yusuf Mallick
Barnet and Southgate College
617
Lorna Gilbert
Cheshire
616
Sarah Hicklin
Retired
615
Viola Wiegand
University of Stirling
614
Michael Houlden
Liverpool University
613
Oliver Mackenzie-Smith
Paston college and City College Norwich
612
Godfrey Jennings
Retired
611
Kai Grygier
University of Sussex
610
Brigitte Hordern
Retired
609
Jennifer Smith
City St George's, University of London
608
Mark Hodson
University of York
607
Rebecca Morgan
CAVC
606
Mary Thornbury
Retired
605
Prof Mary Hamilton
Lancaster University
604
Jonathan Whitehall
London Metropolitan University
603
Leanne Hanney
Arden university
602
Dewi Jaimangal-Jones
Wales
601
Gill Bunce
Nottinghamshire
600
Gabriela Steinke
West Midlands
599
Helen Hewertson
University of Lancashire
598
David Mason
Leeds City College
597
Jon Hackett
Brunel University
596
Hazel Pearson
Queen Mary University of London
595
Janet Farrar
The Manchester College
594
Gavin Ward
Nottingham Trent University
593
Scott Jones
University of Sheffield International College
592
Charlotte Dean
Herts
591
Alan Carr
-- Northern Ireland --
590
Graham Greener
Durham
589
Colin Walter
formerly: Goldsmiths College
588
Chris Saville
Durham University
587
Kath S
Bedford College Group
586
Jennifer Heath
The City of Liverpool College
585
Martin Mason
Trafford College
584
K Nowek
SCCB
583
Dr Chris Bryant
University of Salford
582
Pippa Jameson Evans
Mary Ward Centre
581
Alison Walker
London
580
Alex Vosper
UCA
579
Nadiia Kaba
Trafford and Stockport College Group
578
Julie Milner
TSCG
577
Judith Marshall
Please select...
576
Kamaljit Sahdra
Previously-Derby Adult Learning Services (DALS)
575
Cathie Strover
Devon
574
Eve Sheppard
Manchester
573
Robert Bray
Argyll
572
Dee Kesler
Bradford College
571
Lorraine Foster
Greater London
570
Melanie Read
Hackney
569
Jothi Pukraj
Adult education
568
Jay Smith
Mental Health
567
Louise Whittles
NEU
566
Alana Heaney
City of London
565
Deborah McDonald
County (optional)
564
Dolores Meyer
Essex Unversity
563
SARAH HAYWOOD
Worcs
562
Jana Kriechbaum
City St George's
561
Ignazia Posadinu
Default
560
Jolanta Jagiello
559
Sanja Marjanovic
University of Essex
558
Sarah Kunz
University of Essex
557
James Jefferies
Essex
556
EJ-Francis Caris-Hamer
University of Essex
555
Christoph Fabian Freyenhagen
University of Essex
554
Ian Dudley
University of Essex
553
Paul Hanel
University of Essex
552
Sabina Garahan
University of Essex
551
Chrissie Rogers
University of Kent
550
Jesus Martinez Garcia
University of Essex
549
Sagaradevi Barratt
548
tracey Scarth
university
547
Jayne Hannah
University of Essex
546
Alison Rowlands
University of Essex
545
Cara Booker
University of Essex
544
Sandy Macmillen
University of Essex
543
Raysa Rocha
University of Essex
542
Melanie Wood
Tyne and Wear
541
Harriet Nairn
Essex
540
Graham Clarke
University of Essex
539
Ana Olea Fernandez
University of Essex
538
Mrinalini Greedharry
Essex
537
Claudia Alsdorf
University of Essex
536
Lynne Jordan
University of Essex
535
Gemma Carlier
England
534
Ellisif Wasmuth
Essex
533
Eamonn Carrabine
Please select (US/Canada only)...
532
Sharon Bolton
University of Essex
531
Serafeim Perdikis
University of Essex
530
Alex Nicholas
University of Essex
529
Jane Hindley
University of Essex
528
Andrea Melody Chuh
University College London
527
Wlodzimierz Szczerba
City college Norwich
526
Rachel Newton
525
Cath Tomlinson
Open University
524
Jane Blakeman
GWYNEDD
523
Karin Hessenberg
522
Robin Parrish
Lewisham College (retired)
521
Philip Inglesant
Oxford University (retired)
520
Laura Cort
West Midlands
519
Anya Cook
Newcastle College
518
Geraldine Egan
517
Helen Davies
Southampton College
516
Vanessa Maughan
NORTHUMBERLAND
515
Elizabeth Bailey
University of York
514
Laura Dodds
Durham
513
Costas Athanasopoulos
Open University
512
Stephen Stradling
Edinburgh Napier University
511
Deanna Cunningham
University of St Andrews
510
Delia Esther
City college
509
Kat Addis
East Sussex
508
Barbara Mable
University of Glasgow
507
Andrew Ward
Lakes College West Cumbria
506
Jonathan Brockbank
University of York
505
Kevin Lynch
504
Beatrix Groves-McDaniel
503
Steve Foulger
KENT
502
Kevin Palin
501
Richard Bathgate
SETA
500
Anita Higgs
A C L Wilson Marriage
499
Joyce McAndrew
Tyne and Wear
498
Peter George Monaghan
n/a
497
Yadgora Ghita
University of Glasgow
496
Thu Pham
No
495
Elizabeth Richmond
Weston College
494
Jon Ashley
Liverpool John Moore's University
493
Martin Maylam
CORNWALL
492
stephen homewood
middlesex
491
Sally Morfill
Manchester Metropolitan University
490
Pravina Ellis
Croydon Adult Education CALAT
489
Jacqie Levin
Cornwall Adult Education
488
Teresa Torres
University of Essex
487
Stuart Miller
Retired
486
Carmen Gutierrez
Adult Learning Lewisham
485
Carmel Bradley
Nottingham College
484
Kathleen Spencer
Retired
483
Lucy Arditi
482
William Crosby
Anglia Ruskin University
481
William West
University of Chester
480
Peter Lambert
University of Bath
479
Georgios Antonopoulos
478
Katherine Feinstein
Tpwer Hamlets Lifelong Learning
477
Monika Kita
City Lit
476
Patrick McCarthy
WEA
475
Olivia Sutherland
University of Oxford
474
Barbara Labiejko
473
Tánaiste Custance
President, Dundee University Students' Association
472
Edward Powell
Hampshire
471
Dannii Hinds
Uiversity of Reading
470
James Hodges
Morley College London
469
Trevor DANCE
Middx.
468
Lauren Dorman-Larmour
Down
467
Stephen Dorman-Larmour
Down
466
Monika Smialkowska
Newcastle upon Tyne
465
Tony Kushner
Hampshire, UK
464
fiona fiona
Shropshire
463
Geoffrey Smith
462
Annette Teesdale
Derby College Group
461
Aisling O'Beirn
Ulster University
460
Chenoa Putter
The Open University
459
Viola Eidenbenz
Please select a region, state or province.
458
Adam Warren
Leicestershire
457
Mark Galloway
Scotland
456
Ada Luk
Manchester
455
Simon Atkinson
University of Cambridge
454
Andres Perez
University of Sheffield
453
A Craig
452
Victoria Day
EssexACL
451
Theo Breakspear
University of Oxford
450
James Philips
Redbridge Institute of Adult Education
449
Dora Wigglesworth
N/A
448
Benjamin Cowburn
UAL
447
J Fried
Coventry University
446
Alex Merron
Bristol
445
Garreth Matthews Matthews
Hopwood Hall
444
Alison Judd
SURREY
443
Stephen Homewood
442
Liselotte Brodbeck
Select
441
Kellie Burns
UWS
440
Alison Gaughan
Kirklees College
439
James Kennaby
Bristol
438
Becki Pate
Nottinghamshire
437
Julian Rudeck
Coventry Adult Education
436
Bethan Davies-Jones
Bangor University
435
Angi Driver
Morley College
434
Katrina Miller
London South East Colleges
433
Shaunnah Crosbie
Caerphilly
432
Daniel Warburton
431
Duncan McNeil
Avon
430
Graham Dawson
University of Brighton
429
Jessica Eccles-Padwick
Merseyside
428
Thilini Weera
Edge Hill University
427
Christine Blavins
Derby Adult Learning Service
426
Sarah Mcleod
New College
425
Hilary Billington
Morley College
424
April Gallwey
Somerset
423
Monika Savage
University of Nottingham
422
Stephen Bruel
Lincolnshire
421
Jessica Smith
420
Mark Pawlett
Outside the U.S.
419
Lawrence Hayes
Lancaster University
418
Kate Horner
417
Debbie James
university of chester
416
Andrew Melling
University of Oxford
415
Benedict Winchester
Imperial College London
414
Delta Wright
Edge Hill University
413
Tabitha Gilbert
Blackpool and the Fylde College
412
Marco Trapani
Nelson and colne college group
411
Carrie-Anne Sturt
Edge hill
410
Phuong Tu Nguyen
Edge Hill University
409
Chiara Colombo
Nelson and Colne College Group
408
Sergio Guadrado Gomez
East of England
407
Debbie Ballin
South Yorkshire
406
Imogen Clarke
Lal
405
Christine MacLeod
University of Bristol
404
Michelle Andrea Arraut Mora
IDEA College
403
Maria Berghs
De Montfort University
402
Joe Bronstein
Scotland