Sue Learner checks out how the management of further education qualifications differs across the UK.
ENGLAND
Further education is undergoing big changes with local authorities set to hold the purse strings from 2010. Further education has been managed by the Learning and Skills Council since 2001 but, from autumn 2010, this body will cease to operate. Instead, a Young People's Learning Agency, made up of local authority representatives, with national as well as regional offices, will administer the budget. A Skills Funding Agency is also being set up to monitor college performance and handle adult education funding.
These changes will give councils responsibility for delivering the new 14 to 19 qualifications, including diplomas, apprenticeships and the Foundation Learning Tier.
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