157 rebuttals
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157 rebuttals
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157 is more about quality than size. Our basic membership criterion is a grade 1 or 2 for leadership and management from Ofsted. Our size-guide is a minimum of pound;35 million turnover, but we embrace high-quality colleges that are smaller.
We are outward-looking and supportive of the sector in relation to reputation and quality improvement. Self-regulation and peer support are high on our agenda.
I feel the AoC needs to change in structure and embrace groups such as 157, which works closely with the Confederation of British Industry.
Impact-assessment work will be done with firms and the CBI to show how transformational the FE system can be in economic development.
157 is also working with a firm that assesses colleges’ socio-economic impact. Such impact surveys could be a useful measure to support the Framework for Excellence. We are not a “brown nose” organisation, and I think ministers and others may have noticed that 157 commands pound;1 billion of college turnover, and that tends to bring us to the table, especially when you reflect on our “quality” core value.
Ioan Morgan
Principal, Warwickshire College
Leamington Spa
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