Financial Support for Students

 
Legislation can be controversial, often hotly contested, resulting in frequent revisions of national policies. After the publication of the Green Paper Every Child Matters in 2003, and the Children Act 2004 that followed it, LEAs (Local education authorities) began transforming into local authorities and reflecting their new role in integrating, planning and commissioning all services [...]

The Learning Age

 

In the preface to the Green Paper ‘The Learning Age’ (DfEE,1998) the new focus on lifelong learning is encapsulated by Tony Blair ‘…education is the best economic policy we have’ and lifelong learning grew out of third way politics.  The European Commission White Paper (1995) identifies challenges of the impact of the information society, globalisation [...]