Recommendation(s): 67

Recommendation 67: We recommend to the Government and the Funding Bodies that, in the medium term, priority in growth in sub-degree provision should be accorded to further education colleges; and that, wherever possible: more sub-degree provision should take place in further education colleges; higher education provision in further education colleges should be funded directly; there should be no growth in degree level qualifications offered by further education colleges.

1.8 The Government accepts that growth in sub-degree provision should take place mainly in further education colleges, although it would expect much existing provision in higher education institutions to be maintained and, in some cases, expanded. The Government also accepts generally that there should not be significant growth in degree level qualifications offered by further education colleges. The middle part of this recommendation on direct funding of HE provision in FE colleges is addressed in Chapter 10, para 10. 22.

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