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Further education (often abbreviated "FE") is post-secondary, post-compulsory education (in addition to that received at secondary school). It may be at the same level, at a higher level, or at a lower level than secondary education, anything from basic training to Higher National and Foundation Degree. The term is mainly used in connection with education in the United Kingdom.

A distinction can be made between FE and higher education ("HE") which is education at a higher level than secondary school, usually provided in distinct institutions such as universities. FE in the United Kingdom therefore includes education for people over 16, usually excluding universities. It is primarily taught in FE colleges (which are similar in concept to United States community colleges, and sometimes use "community college" in their title), work-based learning, and adult and community learning institutions. This includes post-16 courses similar to those taught at schools and sub-degree courses similar to those taught at higher education (HE) colleges (which also teach degree-level courses) and at some universities.

Further education lecturers are not specifically required to be teacher-trained, nor do they have to register with a General Teaching Council. However, most colleges prefer to appoint staff who have teaching qualifications and when appointing staff without teaching qualifications the college usually specifies that they attend lecturer training courses to gain qualifications such as the Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (FE) comparable to the post-graduate teaching certificate required by schoolteachers.

England

Since 2001, further education in England has been managed by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), the largest government agency funding education provision. The LSC has a budget of some £13 billion and is organised on a regional basis through around 47 local councils. The LSC has a particular mission to improve and expand further education provision, driven by the UK government's desire to increase standards in post-16 student retention and achievement, particularly in skills-based vocational provision in FE colleges. Recent government-driven LSC and Department for Education and Skills (DfES) policies, such as Success for All and the Skills Strategy, articulate this vision.

Good quality teaching is indicated by the award of Centre of Vocational Excellence status in an initiative to improve the quality of provision for vocational education.

Since June 2007, the sector is overseen by the new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, although some parts (such as education and training for 14-19 year olds) fall within the new Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Wales

Further education in Wales is provided through: Further education in Wales comes under the remit of the Welsh Assembly Government and was formerly funded by ELWa before its merger with the Assembly.

Qualifications

High school sixth form

  • Year 12 or lower sixth, age 16 to 17 (AS-level examinations)
  • Year 13 or upper sixth, age 17 to 18 (A2-level examinations. Both AS-levels and A2-levels count towards 'A'-levels.)

See also

FE/sixth form colleges in England and Wales

England

Main article: List of further education colleges in England

Wales

See also

Higher education is education provided by universities, vocational universities (community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and technical colleges, etc.) and other collegial institutions that award academic degrees, such as career colleges.
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Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. It follows on from primary or elementary education.
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Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2]   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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Higher education is education provided by universities, vocational universities (community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and technical colleges, etc.) and other collegial institutions that award academic degrees, such as career colleges.
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university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education.
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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A community college is a type of educational institution. The term has different meanings in different countries.

In Canada and the United States, a community college, sometimes called a county college, junior college, technical college, or a
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Higher education is education provided by universities, vocational universities (community colleges, liberal arts colleges, and technical colleges, etc.) and other collegial institutions that award academic degrees, such as career colleges.
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Learning and Skills Council is Britain's largest QUANGO and is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills in England. (Until June 2007, it reported to the former Department for Education and Skills).
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The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) was a United Kingdom government department between 2001 and 2007. It was responsible for the education system and children's services in England. On 28 June 2007 the department was split in two by Gordon Brown.
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Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) given to departments in further education colleges in England. It is intended as a kind of quality guarantee for vocational teaching, and is awarded by the Learning and Skills Council if the teaching is of good quality and if the department
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The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) is a British government department created on 28 June 2007 to take over some of the functions of the disbanded departments of Education and Skills and Trade and Industry.
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The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) is a British government department created on 28 June 2007 on the disbanding of the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). It is responsible for all issues affecting people up to the age of 19 including education.
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sixth form college is an educational institution in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Hong Kong or Malta where students aged 16 to 18 typically study for advanced school-level qualifications, such as A-levels.
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Secondary school is a term used to describe an institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. It follows on from primary or elementary education.
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Wales

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Politics of Wales

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  • English Law
  • Courts of England and Wales
  • National Assembly for Wales

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In Wales, ELWa - Education and Learning Wales was an Assembly Sponsored Public Body (ASPB) established by the Learning and Skills Act 2000. Its remit covered further education, government sponsored training, adult community learning and school sixth forms.
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Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification , also known as WBQ or Welsh Bac, is a pre-university qualification which will be offered in the future to schools and colleges in Wales[1].
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The Key Skills Qualification [1] is a frequently required component of 14-19 education in England, Northern Ireland and Wales. The aim of Key Skills is to encourage learners to develop and demonstrate their skills as well as learn how to select and apply skills in ways
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The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in the United Kingdom, usually taken by students during the optional final two years of secondary school (Years 12 & 13, commonly called the Sixth Form), or at a separate sixth form
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Education in Wales differs in certain respects from the systems used elsewhere in the United Kingdom. A significant number of students in Wales are educated either wholly or largely through the medium of Welsh; lessons in the language are compulsory for all until the age of 16.
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This is a list of Further education colleges in England:
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H -  I  - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z

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  • Abingdon and Witney College
  • Accrington and Rossendale College
  • Alton College

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Barry College is a Further Education college in Barry, Wales with over 8000 students. It is partnered with the University of Glamorgan.
  • Barry College

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Bridgend College is a further & higher education institution in Bridgend, South Wales.

It was founded in 1928 as Bridgend Mining and Technical Institute.

External links

  • Bridgend College Website

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Coleg Ceredigion is a college in Ceredigion it has two campuses in the two largest towns Aberystwyth and Cardigan. The college's principal is André Morgan.
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Coleg Glan Hafren''' is a Further Education college based in Cardiff. The college has over 12,000 students and provides over 800 courses, including Business Studies, Media Studies, Sociology, History and Law.
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Coleg Gwent (Gwent College) is Wales' largest further education college. It has more than 35,000 students ranging from school leavers to mature students. A wide range of part-time and full-time academic and vocational courses are on offer at the college.
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Coleg Harlech, Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales LL46 2TU

Coleg Harlech is Wales only long term mature students education college established in 1927 by Thomas Jones (T. J.), Cabinet Secretary to both David Lloyd-George and Stanley Baldwin, to continue the work of Workers Education
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