Development Materials

The project was designed to develop a range of materials to support information and development programmes addressing higher education in colleges (HE in FECs) for staff, governors and other stakeholders. The materials can be used to put together a programme tailored to the needs of groups with differing knowledge and experience of HE in FECs.

Materials address six key themes:

• the nature of higher education
• funding of HE delivered in FECS
• management and planning
• quality assurance arrangements
• policy and strategy for HE in FECs
• governance

By clicking on a button on the right you will be given an overview of the theme.

For each theme you will then be able to access more detailed information.

1. The relevant section(s) of the good practice guide 'Supporting higher education in further education colleges. Policy, practice and prospects', HEFCE 2009/05
2. Direct links to source material from HEFCE, the QAA, the LSC
3. Materials which can be used in a range of programmes such as:

• an introductory or induction programme for staff who are new to higher education in colleges
• a presentation providing a context for college managers not directly involved in HE provision
• CPD for experienced HE teachers and managers
• an introduction for corporation members who will be required to sign off the college's higher education strategy to be submitted to HEFCE (by January 11 2010) and may be involved in monitoring the provision
• sessions addressing strategic development - including producing and monitoring an HE strategy.

Materials include background papers, case studies of good practice, contextual information and handouts, group work. A Directory listing all the materials can be downloaded on the right.

This area of the Expert Programme website was developed between June 2009 and May 2010. The website remains live after the end of the project in May 2010 with some updates. The Glossary (see button on the left) is being updated - on an occasional basis - and some new materials, publications and links are being provided where our time and resources permit. However, the majority of the website text is as written prior to May 2010.

Please note: policy and practice are subject to rapid change and persons using information provided here are responsible for assessing its relevance and accuracy at the time of making use of it.

CONDITIONS OF USE OF MATERIALS

Materials made available on this website by the project team and other authors are subject to the following conditions of use:

• they are used, not for profit, for the purposes of developing good practice in HE in FE
• that where they are used, in whole or in part, the authors are properly credited.

The authors have agreed that materials may be customised.

HEFCE has a section of its website dedicated to HE in FE, as does the Higher Education Academy.

www.hefce.ac.uk/learning/heinfe/

www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/institutions/heinfe

Clicking on the button on the right 'sources of information' will give you access to information on a range of organisations involved in HE and FECs. This summarises what they do, relevant publications and links to their websites.

The project team welcome constructive feedback from users of the website which will help us to improve the contents. Please click on Feedback on the left. Please let us know if:

you have difficulty accessing any part of our website or if links to other websites do not work

you have any materials you would like to offer for inclusion.

The feedback will be monitored regularly and you will receive a reply as soon as possible.