Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Questions to Speakers

1% efficiency saving, how will this affect College's financial forecasts? Not yet clear how this will be applied. HE chose to do it by reducing numbers, FE should be "more for less approach" involving procurement, shared services. (RW)

Will DIUS merge/get taken over by BERR? Conversation appears to be happening in Whitehall, don't feel new change coming, but wouldn't be averse to it. (SP)

What is right of appeal for Colleges to LAs if feel unfairly treated? Initially very complicated proposals, sent back to be simplified. (RW)

2 comments:

Martin King said...

This all seems pretty depressing.

Instrumental learning increasingly directed and guided by centralised ideologies controlled through finance.

Is there more to education than this?

Martin King said...

Have you seen the Guardian Analysis of the new Education bill - the most centralising Education in history

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/jun/02/education-bill-ed-balls

All pretty depressing

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