What Exercises the Minds of Those in FE

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What Exercises the Minds of Those in FE?

• ADCS Conference
• 11th July 2008

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On a Number of Levels

• The shape of FE provision
• The day to day FE experience
• Things that keep managers awake at night
• The shape of things to come

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The Shape of FE

• LSC budget 2007/8 10,799,892,000
• 378 Colleges including 98 sixth form colleges
• 5928 Institutions (2005) including
• 19 Agricultural colleges
• 627 Charitable institutions
• 1451 Businesses
• 491 other private organisations
• In excess of 3.5 million learners

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The Range of Provision

• From 14 to 90
• Special needs to degree work
• School partnerships to bespoke training for
  employers
• Full-time two year courses to taster courses
• Beauty therapy to car mechanics
• GCE A levels to NVQ level 5
• But an estimated loss of 1.4 million adults in
  the last two years

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Learners Age Profile (2005/6)

• WBL Work Based Learning including
  Apprenticeships and Entry to Employment
• ACL Adult Community Learning

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Learners Mode of Attendance
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Learners and Qualifications

• 8700 Qualifications (2005/6)
• Wide variety of levels and subjects followed by
  16-18 group
• These include
• Literacy diagnostic test - 27, 668
• Key Skills in communication (L2) - 111,032
• GCE A5 Psychology 22,362
• GCE A2 Chemistry 4,687
• ND in Sports and Exercise Science 4,874
• Certificate in Automotive Vehicle Maintenance
  2,001
• Certificate in Cosmetic Make Up 1,562
• Certificate in Swedish Massage 1,359

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Staff in FE - Numbers

• 282,000 in FE 70,00 in WBL
• 35 are part-time and only 50 are qualified
• Over half are 45 and over
• 1 in 5 do not have a permanent contract
• 85.7 feel they are making a contribution to
  society
• 58.8 have been verbally abused
• 50.7 are likely to leave the sector

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Staff in FE

• Are often in a second career
• Teach a whole range of qualifications
• Will teach full-time young people and motivated
  adults
• Many will deliver academic learning, vocational
  learning and skills training
• Committed to providing second chance education

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Things that keep managers awake at night

• Funding fundingfunding
• Complex with a number of types of income
• Funding follows the learner affected by
• The qualifications schedule
• Local demographic
• Additional learning support etc
• Decimal points count!

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Other things that keep them awake

• Annual LSC priorities
• Retention rates
• Achievement rates
• MIS- getting the numbers right
• Quality measures self assessment
• Inspection .etc, etc

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The shape of future - adults

• The Letch Agenda
• Train to Gain targets
• Employer responsiveness
• Foundation Learning Tier
• Quality
• Framework for Excellence
• Training Quality Standard
• UK Vocational Qualifications Reform Programme
  (UKVQRP)
• Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF)
• Role of Sector Skills Councils (SSCs)

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The shape of the future 16 to 18

• Diplomas partnerships
• NEETS
• Two masters and discrete contracts
• Funding methodologies
• Opportunities and safety

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Learning Skills Network

• www.lsneducation.org.uk
• www.lsnsolutions.org.uk
• jlanning_at_lsneducation.org.uk
• Tel [phone]