Further Education and Training Act 2007

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Further Education and Training Act 2007 [1]
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title An Act to make provision about the Learning and Skills Council for England; to make provision about institutions within the further education sector; to make provision with respect to industrial training levies; to make provision about the formation of, and investment in, companies and charitable incorporated organisations by higher education corporations; to enable the making of Assembly Measures in relation to the field of education and training; and for connected purposes.
Citation 2007 c 25
Introduced by Lord Adonis [2]
Dates
Royal assent 23 October 2007
Other legislation
Amended by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Further Education and Training Act 2007 (c 25) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It implements [3] recommendations made in the White Paper "Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances". [4]

Contents

Provisions

The act replaces local learning and skills councils with regional councils. [5] The act requires the Learning and Skills Council to only consult employers and students. [6]

The act allows further education colleges to award their own foundation degrees. [7] Colleges previously had to rely on local universities. [8]

The act allows the Learning and Skills Council to remove college principals if they are deemed to not be performing to the level expected of them. [9]

Reception

The Conservative Party described it as an expensive reorganisation of the sector. [10]

Section 32 - Commencement

Orders made under this section:

See also

References

  1. ↑ The citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by section 34 of this Act.
  2. ↑ "Bills and Legislation - Further Education and Training Bill". publications.parliament.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Explanatory notes, paragraph 3
  4. ↑ Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances. Cm 6768. 27 March 2006.
  5. ↑ "Yesterday in parliament". The Guardian. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  6. ↑ Bousted, Mary (28 February 2007). "Ask the right people, or you'll get the wrong answers". The Guardian.
  7. ↑ "All at sea". The Guardian. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  8. ↑ Knight, Peter (20 December 2006). "Shifting the power balance by degree". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Colleges may have degree powers". BBC News. 15 November 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  10. ↑ "Employer-led degree drive 'risky'". BBC News. 22 May 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2026.


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