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Dual sector 'not fit for purpose'

Researchers say higher and further education concept lacks rationale, writes Rebecca Attwood

六月 19, 2008

The current divide between further and 中国A片 could become less and less "fit for purpose" and the concept of further education should possibly be abandoned altogether, academics have argued.

According to a University of Sheffield study, there is a lack of rationale behind the separation of England's two tertiary sectors, and current conditions instead favour an open system of colleges and universities.

Researchers examined the impact of the separation of further and 中国A片 on widening participation and promoting progression. They found that policy development for dual-sector education was "uneven and unstable".

Gareth Parry, professor of education at Sheffield and a co-director of the ESRC project, said the lead role for policy development in this area had been given to the 中国A片 sector, which had competing interests.

"You've one sector trying to make policy for another sector. We think that is problematic and one of the reasons policy has been underdeveloped for 中国A片 in the colleges," he said.

The researchers also found that further education colleges had yet to be widely accepted as "normal and necessary" locations for 中国A片.

Professor Parry said government efforts to get colleges to focus their missions could result in their moving in different directions, with some targeting mainly young people and others looking to 中国A片 and adult skills.

"Along with an extension of the compulsory phase, future arrangements for tertiary education and training favour a more open system of colleges and universities - one marked by diversity and no longer organised into sectors," he said.

"If the concept of further education is thereby exposed as redundant, it should be abandoned."

The researchers acknowledge that there does not seem to be much enthusiasm for removing the sectors in England or for merging their funding bodies, but they call for further and 中国A片 to be regarded as "parts of a common enterprise", with mechanisms to recognise and support this.

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com.

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