Organisational Purpose
 
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:
 
  • Meeting individual learner need – which involves greater customization of training to meet the needs of learners and employers at all levels
 
  • Quality of provisions – ensuring that learning delivered is of high quality from initial information advice and guidance, initial assessment, delivery, assessment through to progression.
 
  • Flexibility in delivery – so that learning is not constrained by organizational or bureaucratic constraints.
 
  • Strategic direction – providing an overview and direction for learning provision in each area to ensure that learner needs are met efficiently. A key principle underpinning this aim is that delivery should be based on collaboration not competition.