The The Learning Skills Network (LSN) in partnership with the Education Guardian surveyed people working at every level of management and teaching in colleges across England and asked for their assessments of the effect that the Tony Blair-led government has had on further education.
The survey attracted more than 2300 respondents and the views expressed were mixed, with the negative marginally outweighing the positive.
Some 55% of those surveyed believe that Blair’s “prioritisation of education” has had a negative effect on post-16 education. Among the more favourable results, was the 68% of respondents who said that the Skills for Life Strategy and its activities had a positive effect on the skills of those adults with low levels of reading, writing and numeracy.
A copy of the full Education Guardian article on the results of the survey, is available at http://education.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,330074493-108283,00.html
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Posted 27 Jun 2007
