EDITORIAL — BAKER USES HIS LOAF

Abstract

The Education Reform Bill 1987, described by Education Secretary Kenneth Baker as a charter for better education, consists in Part II of provisions relating to higher and further education, which should be of particular interest to the general readership of Education & Training. The powers and duties of local education authorities are re‐stated. They have a duty to secure the provision of adequate further education to meet the needs of their areas; this covers all education and training for those who have left school. But the transfer of the polytechnics and major higher education colleges out of the LEA sector will leave those authorities responsible for only a small proportion of advanced further education. Further education is therefore redefined. Advanced courses — broadly those of a standard higher than “A”‐level — become higher education, leaving further education to cover all other provisions for those who have left school. The types of courses which are to be considered as higher education are set out in an Appendix to the Bill.

Citation

Bradley, D. (1988), "EDITORIAL — BAKER USES HIS LOAF", Education + Training, Vol. 30 No. 2, pp. 3-4. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb017393