The Development of FE II (Further Education). Coombe Lodge Report, Study Conference 75/11 and Study Conference 75/14.

Overview & Synopsis

The conferences were part of a series to review the whole field of postsecondary education policy in Britain in terms of changes in objectives, government processes, resources, and students. Papers on vocational education include: the present problems and position relating to vocational education (H.W. French); Technical Education Council progress (F. Fidgeon); some future developments of postsecondary vocational education (A. Richmond); a discussion of the current situation and trends in vocational education; and an introductio'n to and discussion of a project to identify anticipated changes in postsecondary vocational education in the next five years and develop a generalized scheme for college development. Papers on nonvocational education include: some present problems (A. Richmond); the future of nonvocational education as an element within otherwise vocational courses (C.A. Blackman); a personal view on the future of nonvocational education (E.E. Robinson); a report on a project to analyze the current situation and analyze trends in nonvocational education; a report on a project to identify anticipated changes in postsecondary nonvocational education in the next five years and draft a generalized scheme for college development; and compulsory part-time education in West Germany (A.H. Yates). (MSE)