A report by Lancaster University’s Work Foundation, called Staying Power, questions the “market value” of further education courses, raising concerns about their quality.
The study said that when legislation was laid down to increase the age of compulsory participation in education and training in England to age 18 by 2015 through the then Labour government’s Education and Skills Act (2008) it was intended that the policy would be backed by duties to comply for both young people and employers.
But, in a bid to avoid the imposition of sanctions on young people, reduce costs and reassure employers, the current coalition government suspended the duties and their associated penalties.
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