Minister says we have allowed a culture to develop where university is seen as only gateway to career success
– a new vision to create a third-level system that places the learner at the heart of all we do.
In real terms, that will mean the nurse doing a PLC course not having to move to the UK to access higher education and employmentWhether it is a three-year degree, or a three-week short course, every step has to counted and recognised. We are not starting from scratch. There are examples of good collaboration across the system but most are built on personal relationships, rather than embedded foundations.
Under a new policy, joint further and higher education courses will see time split between both. Photograph: David Sleator In real terms, that will mean the nurse doing a PLC course not having to move to the UK to access higher education and employment or the student studying bio-pharma in further education having a direct route to employment. It will mean joint further and higher education courses where the time is split between both. It will mean apprenticeships becoming the heart of the technological university agenda and more masters and phD apprenticeship programmes.
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