This lecutre was taken by Nick Bennet who is the priciple of gower college. He gave a lecure on further education in Wales. We looked at the 1988 education act and what further education facilities came under it:
- Colleges
- School sixth forms
- Adult education institutions
- Private providers
- Voluntary sector
Further education is funded by the Welsh Goverment's department for education and skills. We then went on to discuss what it is for:
- Underpin social justice
- Support the economy
- Teaching and learning
- Equal opportunities
- Innovation
- Welsh medium
- Progression
- Flexible
- Tailored
- Local
Nick Bennet gave figures on current college stats:
184,730 learners (2009/10)
95% from Wales
5,000 different qualifications in Wales
66% of learners are in FE colleges
Twice as many in college than schools
68% of FE students are over 19
20% are full time
We also looked over the Welsh Govenment programme of 2011 for further education:
- Encourage further mergers of FE colleges
- Reform the governance of FE in Wales
- Work with FE providers to establish a new strategy
- Maintain commitment to provide financial support to students from low income households
- Ensure that borrowing for the cost of tuition fees for students resident in wales remains unchanged
- Establish a single strategic planning and funding body for HE
- Embed the university of the head of the valleys
- Establish jobs growth Wales, offering employment or training for young people
- Increase apprenticeship opportunities
- Introduce a successor to the skill build programme
- Evaluate current post 16 basic skills activity and define policy to influence future delivery
Strategic priorities
- Raise standards
- Deliver high quality opportunities
- Improve economic and social well-being
- See the Welsh language thrive
Performance will be our driver, with continued focus on improving performance and quality across the board and at entry level
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