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Direct linkHunt, Melanie – Adults Learning, 2010
Adult learning is alive in many forms. Whether it is helping to improve literacy and numeracy or to prepare people for returning to work, it is clear that, at its best, adult learning brings considerable value to learners and to the wider community. Individuals, their families and the nation as a whole benefit from enhanced social and technical…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Inspection, Academic Standards
Hankins, Enid – Adults Learning, 2010
Adult community learning in Wales covers a number of curriculum areas, delivered by a range of providers, including the voluntary sector. Classes reflect Welsh Assembly Government policy priorities, including improving levels of literacy and skills, decreasing economic inactivity and building community regeneration. A variety of community-based…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Inspection
Coffield, Frank – Adults Learning, 2009
One of the most radical actions one can take is to describe, without exaggeration or bias, exactly what is happening. The author has been reading the "Handbook for the inspection of further education and skills from September 2009." The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills' (Ofsted's) new handbook promises a "fresh…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Inspection, Benchmarking, Educational Quality
Watters, Kate – Adults Learning, 2008
In April 2007 "new" Ofsted ("old" Ofsted merged with the Adult Learning Inspectorate) became responsible for inspection of a very wide range of provision, including all post-compulsory education and training for adults. Significant changes in inspection processes had already been introduced for local authority adult and…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Community Education, Adult Learning, Inspection
Watters, Kate – Adults Learning, 2005
Networking has helped local education authority (LEA) providers of adult and community learning (ACL) get to grips with the current inspection regime. David Sherlock, Chief Inspector of the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI), observed, as he launched his third annual report, that their willingness to work together in the face of initially…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Young Adults, Inspection
Watters, Kate – Adults Learning, 2005
How well are adult and community learning providers doing when it comes to ensuring equality of opportunity (EO) and valuing diversity? Many are in transition from a defensive position of emphasising legal compliance towards making respect for diversity intrinsic to their strategic aims, plans and actions, according to the February edition of…
Descriptors: Community Education, Adult Learning, Inspection, Equal Education
