FOUNDATION DEGREES

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FOUNDATION DEGREES

• Foundation Degrees
• The Future

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• FOUNDATION DEGREES
• are intended to
• Address present skills shortages in economy
• Involve employers in design and delivery.
• Increase collaboration between HEIs and FECs
• Widen participation in Higher Education
• Rationalise and improve the quality of provision
• below Honours Degree Level

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The Future of Higher Education is
clearly the Future for Foundation degrees
The Government will Drive forward foundation
degrees, making them the main work-focused
higher education qualification
The Future of Higher Education
DfES January 2003
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What is a Foundation degree ?
Collaboration Employer involvement Target
market Subject Area Curriculum Design Assessment W
ork based learning Progression Routes Validation M
arketing
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Involvement of Sector Skills Councils
Involvement of Learning and Teaching Support
Network
Employers approaching Educational Institutions
Partnerships for Progression

Joint LSC/HEFCE Funding
QAA Review of Foundation Degrees
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Information is available
DfES website www.foundationdegree.org.uk SSDA
website www.ssda.org.uk
QAA website www.qaa.ac.uk
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For further advice and information please contact
Margaret A. Lawson Foundation Degree
Officer Association of Colleges (A DfES funded
post) m-lawson_at_s-cheshire.ac.uk