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Restructures and mergers in further and adult education - resisting cuts and rationalisation

22 October 2015

'Reviewing post 16-education and training institutions' is the title of the government's latest policy document for further and adult education. Needless to say it is a review that, if implemented, will drastically reduce the size of the sector and with it the future of millions of students.

The government argues that the sector needs to change to ensure that young people and adults have the necessary skills and education to enter/re-enter the workforce. However it doesn't take much examination of these proposals to see what really lies behind them.


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Restructures and mergers in further and adult education: UCU briefing, Oct 15 [56kb]

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