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<blockquote data-quote="Lynbarn" data-source="post: 1212046" data-attributes="member: 146676"><p>I should have made it clear that while I was working in education up until last year, 23 was the cut off date for supported educational courses, after that you have to pay, but then all higher education courses above FE establishments now come with a fee, the big trouble with a lot of FE colleges has been they would rather have the money in the bank from younger students rather than put on courses for the older clientele, I am not saying they don't exist, but many FE colleges just don't bother to do those courses any more as there has been an expansion of trade training centres in the last few years.</p><p></p><p>CPD is something which comes with most professional bodies and these range form a one night seminar to a whole years evening course once a week in some cases, I am not decrying CPD as I do it myself in more than one subject.</p><p></p><p>All I would say is that it needs some one to call a halt to all the changes that are going on in education and to keep the politics out of it as well, by all means make it easier to improve standards, but so much more of it is now pay up front education, that you can end up with a higher drop out rate on some courses.</p><p></p><p>The courses I helped ran where never the same from one year to the next. There was always at least one or two changes to the curriculum yet the guidelines where always the same from the examination bodies. </p><p></p><p>There are of course some good places to learn at while others should not be open, but that is the free market for you. Also people all learn in different ways which some places do not always consider.</p><p></p><p>Time to get off my soapbox.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lynbarn, post: 1212046, member: 146676"] I should have made it clear that while I was working in education up until last year, 23 was the cut off date for supported educational courses, after that you have to pay, but then all higher education courses above FE establishments now come with a fee, the big trouble with a lot of FE colleges has been they would rather have the money in the bank from younger students rather than put on courses for the older clientele, I am not saying they don't exist, but many FE colleges just don't bother to do those courses any more as there has been an expansion of trade training centres in the last few years. CPD is something which comes with most professional bodies and these range form a one night seminar to a whole years evening course once a week in some cases, I am not decrying CPD as I do it myself in more than one subject. All I would say is that it needs some one to call a halt to all the changes that are going on in education and to keep the politics out of it as well, by all means make it easier to improve standards, but so much more of it is now pay up front education, that you can end up with a higher drop out rate on some courses. The courses I helped ran where never the same from one year to the next. There was always at least one or two changes to the curriculum yet the guidelines where always the same from the examination bodies. There are of course some good places to learn at while others should not be open, but that is the free market for you. Also people all learn in different ways which some places do not always consider. Time to get off my soapbox. [/QUOTE]
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