Further Education: Higher Education
(asked on 25th May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to his Department's White Paper, Success as a knowledge economy: teaching excellence, social mobility and student choice, published in May 2016, what discussions he has had with further education colleges and providers on the future role of further education in delivering higher education; and what assessment he has made of the security of employment and the forms of contract likely to be offered to staff by new alternative providers.
The measures that are set out in the White Paper were subject to consultation following the Green Paper published in November 2015. All higher education providers in England including alternative providers and further education Colleges were able to provide a response as part of that process. A summary of the consultation responses can be found at:
The measures announced in the White Paper include establishing the Office for Students, which will have clear and consistent powers to regulate all types of provider. Terms and contracts of employment between alternative providers and their staff are a matter for individual providers.