Cuts in 'Adult Learner Responsive' budget
Colleges across England face a £200million cut to funding for adults. They have been told ‘adult learner responsive’ budgets will shrink by 10 to 25%.
See link to the Skills Investment Strategy
http://www.natecla.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=462
NATECLA Press release
http://www.natecla.org.uk/content/509/press_releases/
Video made on 5th May shows teachers from Hackney Community College and Tower Hamlets College talking about how the cuts will affect their colleges
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3uMDrPmwyo&feature=youtube_gdata
Click more to be directed to the Association of Colleges (AOC) press release and AOC College Funding survey.
External Link:
http://www.aoc.co.uk/en/newsroom/aoc_news_releases.cfm/id/0E646CC2-745E-4316-90F5A36D80BEF59E/Colleges%20call%20on%20Chancellor%20to%20protect%20adult%20students