In the last ten years, the further education landscape in England has changed dramatically. Colleges too are very different animals – they are stronger, more student focussed, more performance driven and a number have become more specialised.
In England, the college sector is the preferred choice of young people who wish to continue their education or training at 16. It has delivered improvements in the basic skills of adults that are vital to the nation’s future and it has achieved major improvements in quality. In addition the sector has implemented and continues to implement a major programme of building modernisation.
Further education colleges in England have achieved very high satisfaction ratings from its learners – it is arguably the most responsive, flexible and cost effective part of the public education service.
Today, colleges in England continue face some tough issues, both in terms of added competition, funding and structures. All this has meant that FE colleges have had to be run as businesses, supplying products and services to meet market demand.
Capita has been working with further education colleges in England for over 20 years providing management information systems that support the dynamic environment that colleges operating in.
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