UCU: FE white paper

Motion

Motion text: FESC notes:
1. DFE FE White paper;
2. no real terms increase in funding for Further and Adult Education.
FESC believes that:
a. the government strategy for social and economic recovery in a Post
Coronavirus world must place Further and Adult Education at its
centre;
b. the DFE FE White Paper is a step backwards for the sector;
c. its emphasis on skills training above and beyond everything else
narrows the sector educational role to narrow skills training;
d. this model will not meet the needs of our communities; neither in
creating meaningful jobs opportunities nor educationally.
FESC resolves UCU to:
i. campaign against the FE White Paper and put forward a collectivist
approach based on a plan led model;
ii. promote the alternative vision for FE as outlined in the
Reconstruction of FE in a Post Coronavirus world discussion paper.