Jayne Wilcock, curriculum and data manager at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, explains why adult and community learning providers need to think like businesses to ensure their provision enhances the opportunities available to learners.

Capita Further and Higher Education has recently been awarded Gold Certified status in the Microsoft Partner Programme, with competencies in Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Software Solutions and Security Solutions.

Capita’s further and higher education business has fought off stiff competition to be recognised as one of the preferred suppliers of management information services for universities and colleges in Scotland.

In life the only constant is change, as Heraclitus said – one maxim that rings true for many in the FE sector. Since the announcement that sixth form colleges could convert to academies, over half have expressed an interest in converting and a fifth have already started a formal process to make the change, according to government figures.