Further Education and Training Act 2007

The Further Education and Training Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It implements recommendations made in the White Paper "Further Education: Raising Skills, Improving Life Chances".

Provisions

The act replaces local learning and skills councils with regional councils. The act requires the Learning and Skills Council to only consult employers and students.
The act allows further education colleges to award their own foundation degrees. Colleges previously had to rely on local universities.
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.

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

Orders made under this section:
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