Category: Funding

Making visible the social and economic benefits of FE

Further education is a powerful lever for personal, community and social change.Adult Education and its benefits are dynamic in the sense that benefits gained in one domain such as education impact on functioning in other domains, such as family and community.  Bynner and Parsons (2005) drawing on the preliminary results from their longitudinal research using…

What’s wrong with the way FE is funded?

Since incorporation, FE has been funded using an annualised formula that includes a proportion linked to qualifications being achieved. This funding model requires the gathering of extensive amounts of performance data and a whole range of associated metrics. Colleges are forced to focus on producing positive data to the detriment of students’ educational experience (see…