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Alan Thomson
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Sector that is in charge of its own destiny
Comment: Alan Thomson
12 March 2010
Private training providers fear ignorance will cost them contracts
Independent market blames local authorities’ lack of knowledge for possible loss of business
12 March 2010
Colleges urged to outsource services and save thousands
Shared administration and new technologies could help keep costs down, says Becta
12 March 2010
Further education ‘needs HE makeover’
Further education should be reformed so that it operates more like England’s higher education system, according to a new paper
12 March 2010
A challenging view of the shape of things to come
Alan Thomson reports on Colleges 2020, a new book attempting to make sense of FE in the decade ahead
5 March 2010
Shock as universities told to drop college franchises
Vice-chancellors horrified by idea that courses delivered in partnership should be axed to save cash
5 March 2010