Monday 17 March 2008

£10.4bn skills council scrapped


The Learning and Skills Council is to be abolished, as local authorities take charge of training places up to 18.

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Predictable really - the government emasculated the LSCs years ago and they've been lining them up for abolition. Of course there will now be a period during which anything which goes wrong will be due to "the previous setup" followed by a period while "everyone is getting used to the new arrangements" and while all this is happening FE colleges will be further starved of funds and adults (young and older) will miss out on opportunities to improve their skills.

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Kate said...

There is also a possible impact on the OU as YASS students from schools and colleges were entitled to funding for the courses from the LSC.
I wonder how many LEAs will continue this?