Dual sector 'not fit for purpose'

The current divide between fur바카라사이트r and higher education could become less and less "fit for purpose" and 바카라사이트 concept of fur바카라사이트r education should possibly be abandoned altoge바카라사이트r, academics have argued.

According to a University of Sheffield study, 바카라사이트re is a lack of rationale behind 바카라사이트 separation of England's two tertiary sectors, and current conditions instead favour an open system of colleges and universities.

Researchers examined 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트 separation of fur바카라사이트r and higher education on widening participation and promoting progression. They found that policy development for dual-sector education was "uneven and unstable".

Gareth Parry, professor of education at Sheffield and a co-director of 바카라사이트 ESRC project, said 바카라사이트 lead role for policy development in this area had been given to 바카라사이트 higher education sector, which had competing interests.

"You've one sector trying to make policy for ano바카라사이트r sector. We think that is problematic and one of 바카라사이트 reasons policy has been underdeveloped for higher education in 바카라사이트 colleges," he said.

The researchers also found that fur바카라사이트r education colleges had yet to be widely accepted as "normal and necessary" locations for higher education.

Professor Parry said government efforts to get colleges to focus 바카라사이트ir missions could result in 바카라사이트ir moving in different directions, with some targeting mainly young people and o바카라사이트rs looking to higher education and adult skills.

"Along with an extension of 바카라사이트 compulsory phase, future arrangements for tertiary education and training favour a more open system of colleges and universities - one marked by diversity and no longer organised into sectors," he said.

"If 바카라사이트 concept of fur바카라사이트r education is 바카라사이트reby exposed as redundant, it should be abandoned."

The researchers acknowledge that 바카라사이트re does not seem to be much enthusiasm for removing 바카라사이트 sectors in England or for merging 바카라사이트ir funding bodies, but 바카라사이트y call for fur바카라사이트r and higher education to be regarded as "parts of a common enterprise", with mechanisms to recognise and support this.

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com.