Motion
- Motion title
- Cross-sectoral policy issues
- Session
- 2006-2007
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 30 May 2007
- Status
- Passed
- Motion
- 26
- Motion text
Congress notes the growth in foundation degrees and the government's continued commitment to their rapid expansion and to the concentration of that expansion in FE colleges. Congress also notes the government's decision to enable colleges to apply for degree-awarding powers.
While strongly reasserting the commitment to widening access to higher education inherited from AUT and NATFHE, Congress also recalls the opposition of both unions to underfunded expansion and its damaging impact on the professional concerns and working conditions of members.
Congress therefore instructs the NEC to carry out, through the union's new cross-sectoral education committee, a thorough analysis of the growth of higher education in FE colleges and its future implications for both sectors. This should lead to the production of a discussion document for members identifying the key issues for debate, leading to further policy development at sector conferences and Congress 2008.
- Proposing body
- Transitional arrangements committee (TAC)
- Amended
- Yes
- Allocated to
- Education committee
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2007/C/05-30/025/26