The changing shape of adult education in Wales Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 13:35

This months' Adults Learning Journal includes a number of articles focussing on the changing shape of adult education in Wales, with a special focus on further education and work based learning.

Richard Spear (Director of NIACE Dysgu Cymru) calls for joined up education spending in his commentary. With the squeeze on public spending threatening to further compartmentalise policy thinking on education, the challenge is to convince the politicians and the public of the need for a more joined up approach across the life stages. Read the commentary.

Cerys Furlong (Programme Director, NIACE Dysgu Cymru) argues that plans to review the cost of administering education in Wales, mustn't involve a narrowing of the purpose of education or a further move away from the Welsh Assembly Government's principled commitment to social justice. Read the article.

Arwyn Watkins (Chair of the National Training Federation in Wales) describes how Work-based learning in Wales has been transformed over the past four years, with providers driving up quality and challenging public perception of its value. Read the article.

John Graystone (Chief Executive of Colegau Cymru/ College Wales) writes about The Welsh Assembly Government's agenda to transform post-16 education in Wales. Collaboration - rationalising provision and sharing facilities - is at the heart of the change, but the acid test will be whether students, communities and businesses see the benefit. Read the article.