Cuts Watch #301: Adult education funding

09 Nov 2010, by Nicola Smith in Cuts Watch

Today’s Telegraph reports that the Government are planning to cut all funding for free adult education for the over-25s.  The proposals from BIS are set out in yesterday’s ‘business plan‘ which maintains that the Government will:

No longer fund entitlements for adult skills courses to full fee remission for Level 2 (age 25 and over) and first full Level 3 (age 24 and over). Instead, the Department will offer loans for learners at Level 3 and Level 4.

The Telegraph report that from September 2013 this will mean that many people in their mid-20s or older who are looking to to retrain will have to pay for their own courses.