What Is Education?

Further Education in Wales:
Nick Bennett - The Principle of Gower College Swansea.

Nick began the session by overlooking the Education and Training Welsh Government department for Education and Skills. This department provide advice and funding to many institutions including: Colleges, LEA's (6th forms), Adult Educational Institutions, Private Providers and the Volunteering Sector.
After extra researching the Further Education in Wales, It is fair to say that key skills are vital to our society. It can raise businesses and help individuals reach their potential. Nick then explained further what exactly further education does:
It can underpin social justice.
-Widen Access
-Second Chances
-Community Regeneration
-Fulfilment of Potential
-Cultural Awareness
-Civic Duty
-Financial Support

Also, it can support the economy by achieving employer engagement, work based learning, vocational qualifications, knowledge, business generation, workforce development, entrepreneurship. In-between the social justice and the support to the economy, we have the teaching and the learning, equal opportunities,innovation, the Welsh medium, Progression.
Further Education can make a society and economy. It is the key that can encourage individuals and students to become what the aspire to be. Further Education can offer many different qualifications that suit and support individuals for financial problems or second chances.
Nick then provided us with a few statistics;
730 learner went in to further education in 2009/10
95% of those were from Wales.
Further Education can offer up to 5000 different qualifications.
20% of further education students are full time, and then other 80% are part time.