Policy paper

Prospects College of Advanced Technology project report: lessons learned

Lessons learned from the launch of a new employer-focused specialist technical college of further education (FE).

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 23 February 2015

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Incorporation of Prospects College of Advanced Technology

Ref: BIS/15/135

PDF, 150 KB, 20 pages

Incorporation of Prospects College of Advanced Technology: business case

PDF, 1.2 MB, 16 pages

Incorporation of Prospects College of Advanced Technology: college application

PDF, 3.03 MB, 36 pages

Details

Prospects College of Advanced Technology involves employers, providing cutting-edge technical education in engineering, aviation, rail and construction to young people over 16. This is the first new FE corporation in over 20 years.

These 3 documents capture the lessons learned from a project to support the application of Prospects Learning Foundation (PLF) to establish an incorporated further education (FE) college.

The project documents include:

• a business case supporting the unique new employer-focused, specialist technical FE College in the South Essex Thames Gateway
• an application document that describes the new college and how it helps improve provision and choice to the FE Sector

Published 23 February 2015