The number of adults studying in Further Education is falling off a cliff
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The number of learners on level 2 courses has dropped by 21.4 per cent [Image: Getty].
New figures, sneaked out under cover of the Queen’s 90th birthday, show the number of learners participating in level 2 government-funded adult further education in the first two quarters of 2015/16 fell by 21.4 per cent to 597,000 compared to the previous year.
The number of people participating in full time Level 3 courses fell by 7.4 per cent in the same period.
Lib Dem Business spokesperson Lorely Burt said: “This Government is killing adult further education. At a time when we need to be giving people the chance to learn throughout their life and adapt to compete for the jobs of the future, the government is cutting off the chance for people to learn.
“We need to restore support for Further Education, including by reversing the freeze on the FE budget put in place by the Business Secretary.”
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Well if people can’t afford it that is no surprise not only because of the raise in charges but also the ever diminishing value of frozen incomes. I was gobsmacked at how much an open university degree would cost to do now in comparison to the 70’s when taking inflation into account.
It costs too much, another genius move by the tories!