"It's an Important Moment for Colleges"

Autor/in	Stanistreet, Paul
Titel	"It's an Important Moment for Colleges"
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 22 (2011) 9, S.21-23 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	College Role; Adult Education; Foreign Countries; Student Financial Aid; Educational Finance; Financial Support; Politics of Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Großbritannien
Abstract	These are uncertain times for English further education. With the sector facing a 25 per cent cut in public funding over four years, the challenges are immense, but there are opportunities too, as institutions prepare for the introduction of tuition fee loans for study above Level 3 for students aged 24 and over, and ministers stress their appreciation of the wider role of colleges and pledge to free them from the target-driven, overly bureaucratic culture they say emerged under Labour. The coalition's desire to enable colleges "to be more efficient and responsive to the needs of employers, learners and their community" was one of the prompts for the Colleges in their Communities inquiry, launched jointly by NIACE, the Association of Colleges and the 157 Group at the end of last year. The inquiry is chaired by Margaret Sharp, the former Liberal Democrat further and higher education spokesperson, who was raised to the peerage, as Baroness Sharp of Guildford, in 1998. In this article, Baroness Sharp tells why she believes a wider vision of the role of colleges is needed. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/publications/adults-learning
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10