Further Education (FE) Colleges deliver educational provision for over 16-year-olds, including work-based training, in-company training, adult & community learning, and some Higher Education. They are funded primarily through the Learning and Skills Council (LSC).
The LSC has identified in its Review of Post-16 Educational Provision in Dudley Borough that there are a number of key principles underpinning the effective delivery of learning:
Quality of provisions – ensuring that learning delivered is of high quality from initial information advice and guidance, initial assessment, delivery, assessment through to progression.