EDSK, an independent ‘think tank’, has published a report, funded by the Further Education Trust for Leadership (FETL), outlining a package of reforms to create a new role, purpose and direction for the FE sector. One of the recommendations of the report is to split FE colleges into different institutions reflecting distinctive core responsibilities: community colleges offering basic skills courses, community learning and other entry level programmes (including ESOL); sixth-form colleges providing A-levels and other classroom-based Level 2 and 3 courses; and technology colleges offering vocational and technical training (including apprenticeships) up to Levels 4 and 5.
