22-686: Windsor Forest Colleges Group is a group of further education colleges located in Berkshire and Surrey , England . It was formerly known as East Berkshire College . It consists of Strode's College , Windsor College, Langley College, and the Berkshire College of Agriculture (BCA) . East Berkshire College was established in May 1992 through the merger of Langley and Windsor and Maidenhead Colleges. In November 1995 it had 12,283 enrolled students - of whom 2,917 attended full time - making it one of
44-401: A framework for an insolvency regime for further education colleges known as "Education Administration". This is a form of corporate administration adapted to the needs of further education, to be used "where a further education body is unable to pay its debts or is likely to become unable to pay its debts" and intended "to avoid or minimise disruption to the studies of the existing students of
66-638: A large service provider for apprenticeships where most of the training takes place at the apprentices' workplace, supplemented with day release into college. FE in the United Kingdom is usually a means to attain an intermediate, advanced or follow-up qualification necessary to progress into HE, or to begin a specific career path outside of university education. Further Education is offered to students aged over 16 at colleges of Further Education, through work-based learning, or adult and community learning institutions. Provision for further education colleges
88-538: A vocational route after the end of compulsory education at age 16. They offer a wide range of vocational qualifications to young people and older adults, including vocational, competency-based qualifications (previously known as SVQs ), Higher National Certificates and Higher National Diplomas . Frequently, the first two years of higher education – usually in the form of an HND – are taken in an FE college, followed by attendance at university. Further education in Wales
110-625: Is additional education to that received at secondary school that is distinct from the higher education (HE) offered in universities and other academic institutions. It may be at any level in compulsory secondary education, from entry to higher level qualifications such as awards, certificates, diplomas and other vocational, competency-based qualifications (including those previously known as NVQ/SVQs ) through awarding organisations including City and Guilds , Edexcel ( BTEC ) and OCR . FE colleges may also offer HE qualifications such as HNC , HND , foundation degree or PGCE . The colleges are also
132-464: Is delivered through seven UK delivery partners. In August 2022, BEIS blocked the sale of Pulsic Limited in Bristol to a company owned by China's National Integrated Circuit Industry Investment Fund . Pulsic is a chip design software company which makes tools to design and develop circuit layouts for chips. In November 2022, BEIS ordered Nexperia to sell at least 86 percent of Newport Wafer Fab ,
154-416: Is provided through seven multi-campus colleges. Northern Ireland's Department for Employment and Learning has the responsibility for providing FE in the province. Most secondary schools also provide a sixth form scheme whereby a student can choose to attend for two additional years to complete their AS and A-levels. Scotland's further education colleges provide education for those young people who follow
176-910: Is provided through: Further education in Wales comes under the remit of the Welsh Assembly Government . Funding came from Education and Learning Wales from 2000 until 2006, when that organisation was merged with the Assembly. Further education in the Republic of Ireland is similar to that offered in the UK. Typical areas include apprenticeships and other vocational qualifications in many disciplines, such as childcare, farming, retail, and tourism. The many types of further education awards are known as Post Leaving Certificates . Further education has expanded immensely in recent years, helped by
198-669: The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 , which removed further education colleges from local government control. Types of college include: Policies relating to colleges are primarily the responsibility of the Department for Education (DfE). Until July 2016, colleges were also covered by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS); on the abolition of BIS and formation of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), responsibility for FE colleges moved to DfE. The regulatory body for sixth form colleges
220-550: The United Kingdom Government , from July 2016 to February 2023. The department was formed during a machinery of government change on 14 July 2016, following Theresa May 's appointment as Prime Minister . It was created by a merger between the Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills and the Department of Energy and Climate Change . On 7 February 2023, under the Rishi Sunak premiership ,
242-603: The Global Challenges Research Fund, or GCRF. Both funds aim to leverage the UK's world-class research and innovation capacity to pioneer new ways to support economic development, social welfare, and long-term sustainable and equitable growth in low- and middle-income countries. The Newton Fund builds research and innovation partnerships with partner countries to support their economic development and social welfare and to develop their research and innovation capacity for long-term sustainable growth. The fund
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#1732772707964264-599: The Windsor Forest group in August 2022. Full Ofsted inspections: 51°30′19″N 0°32′42″W / 51.5052°N 0.5451°W / 51.5052; -0.5451 This Berkshire school or sixth form college related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Further education college Further education (often abbreviated FE ) in the United Kingdom and Ireland
286-447: The department was dissolved. Its functions were split into three new departments: the Department for Business and Trade , the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero , and the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology . Grant Shapps , the final secretary of state for the old department, became the first Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero . The department had responsibility for: While some functions of
308-447: The economy grows strongly in all parts of the country, based on a robust industrial strategy. It will ensure that the UK has energy supplies that are reliable, affordable, and clean, and it will make the most of the economic opportunities of new technologies and support the UK's global competitiveness more effectively. BEIS spends part of the overseas aid budget on research and innovation through two major initiatives: The Newton Fund and
330-695: The former Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills, in respect of higher and further education policy, apprenticeships, and skills, were transferred to the Department for Education , May explained in a statement: The Department for Energy and Climate Change and the remaining functions of the Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills have been merged to form a new Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, bringing together responsibility for business, industrial strategy, science, and innovation with energy and climate change policy. The new department will be responsible for helping to ensure that
352-605: The further education body as a whole". Education administrators were appointed to run Hadlow College and West Kent College in 2019. All colleges and FE providers are subject to inspection by Ofsted , which monitors the quality of provision in publicly funded institutions in England. Membership organisations for providers include the Association of Colleges and the Sixth Form Colleges' Association . In 2020,
374-677: The government allocated £200 million for repairs and upgrades of FE college buildings, subject to a degree of matched funding by the colleges, and the Department for Education is allocating this to colleges via the Further Education Capital Transformation Fund (FECTF). Sixteen colleges with sites in poor condition have been selected, and detailed proposals were invited for submission before October 2021, for projects which can be completed by December 2024. Further education in Northern Ireland
396-465: The institutions and their relationships with their communities. Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), which was established in November 2012, is the regulator for FE qualifications. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy The Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy ( BEIS ) was a ministerial department of
418-530: The largest chipmaking facility in the UK, which it had acquired in July 2021. In 2018, a Chinese corporation by the name of Wingtech Technology acquired Nexperia. Some responsibilities extend to England alone due to devolution , while others are reserved or excepted matters that therefore apply to the other countries of the United Kingdom as well. Reserved and exceptioned matters are outlined below. Scotland Reserved matters: The Economy Directorates of
440-554: The largest further education colleges in England. In 2007-08, East Berkshire College had 11,078 students enrolled, most part-time. In September 2016, a merger with Strode's College was announced, which was due to be completed in February 2017. East Berkshire College formally merged with Strode's College on 9 May 2017 to form the Windsor Forest Colleges Group. Berkshire College of Agriculture (BCA) joined
462-914: Was already DfE prior to the 2016 changes. Following the merger of the Education Funding Agency and the Skills Funding Agency in 2017, funding for colleges is provided through the Education and Skills Funding Agency for all further education students.In 2018/19, colleges' income totalled £6.5 billion, of which £5.1 billion (78%) was public funding. Most college funding follows the learner. Colleges must attract students, competing with each other and with other types of education and training provider. Colleges can borrow commercially, own assets, employ staff and enter into contracts, and they may make financial surpluses or deficits. The Technical and Further Education Act 2017 laid out
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#1732772707964484-560: Was laid out in sections 41 to 47 of the Education Act 1944 ; their role was to offer "full-time and part-time education" and "leisure-time occupation" for persons over compulsory school age. In the 1960s, A-level students predominantly studied at school rather than colleges (often referred to as "techs" at that time). More types of colleges were introduced over the next decades, and by 1990 colleges took in almost half of A-level students. Colleges in England are corporate bodies under
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