Citation
(2005), "LSC drives change in further education", Education + Training, Vol. 47 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/et.2005.00447bab.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
LSC drives change in further education
LSC drives change in further education
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has launched a major programme to transform the further-education sector. Agenda for Change focuses on the key themes that emerged from regional roadshows the LSC held with college principals to discuss urgent issues facing further education. The themes are:
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skills and employers – how to help colleges best to meet the needs of employers and the economy;
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quality – how best to build a sector fully committed to quality and delivery to the highest standards throughout;
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funding – a radical overhaul of the LSC's methods, to ensure the most is made of available funds to support the sector's priorities with the minimum of complexity and bureaucracy;
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efficiency – driving up the efficiency of the sector, individually and collectively; and
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data – radically revised and simplified systems, which deliver the data and management information the sector needs.
Each theme has a dedicated lead person appointed from the LSC's national management group. They will set up task groups for each theme, involving many representatives from the further-education sector, to agree a way forward.
The LSC chief executive, Mark Haysom, said: “We learned from the roadshows that there are significant strengths in the sector, but also major issues to tackle. We all have to prepare for the combined demands that the 14-19 strategy, the skills strategy and the Success for All strategy present for the future. The themes that collectively comprise the LSC agenda for change will enable the sector to respond to the transformation agenda we all need to pursue, to meet the needs of local learners, employers, the economy and the communities we serve”.
The LSC will also work with principals to raise awareness of the vital role of colleges in delivering education, training and skills for the 21st century.