

Tue, 25 Mar
|Online | Zoom
Paper Launch | Taking Higher Education Further
Widening Opportunity through College Based Higher Education
Time & Location
25 Mar 2025, 10:00 – 11:15
Online | Zoom
About the Event
With economic growth and productivity topping the new government agenda, raising skill levels in Britain’s workforce is more urgent than ever. All skills from basic to graduate are important, but the 21st century’s high-value growth industries – digital technology, green skills, advanced manufacturing, life sciences – among others - depend on a strong supply of employees with higher technical skills. Critically, the number of students accessing higher technical education falls short of the country's needs.
This paper, produced in collaboration with the Mixed Economy Group of Colleges, highlights the solution to the problem: our national network of Further Education Colleges, already delivering the bulk of higher technical education in England, and which have the potential to do much more.
Speakers:
- Andy Forbes, Executive Director, LEI (paper author)
- Dr Sam Parrett CBE, Chair, Mixed Economy Group
- Adam Thompson MP, Chair, University APPG (TBC)