Michael Gove: Showing students the finger over EMA

FE students: ‘EMA axe is holding back recruitment’

Lecturers and teachers in more than two-thirds of sixth-form and further education colleges say that changes to EMA are ‘adversely affecting recruitment to the college’ – despite claims from Education minister Michael Gove, going back to at least 2008, that the scheme was a ‘flop’.

Scrapping EMA will force many 16-19 year olds to leave school

As Education Minister Michael Gove allegedly raised a glass of wine to celebrate the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), thousands of the country’s poorest teenagers would have been debating whether to go to college following the Government’s announcement to “replace” Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA).

Increase in adult participation in learning

Each year, during Adult Learners’ Week, the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education publishes a survey of adult participation in learning in the UK.