Save Adult Education

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.

 

Save Adult Education

Adult and community 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 and community 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 and community education sector 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 and Community Education.

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.

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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