The Workforce Strategy applies to the further education sector in England. Workforce development in the further education sector is about having the right people, with the right skills, in the right jobs at the right time.

Is your organisation part of the further education sector?
The term ‘further education’ sector describes post-compulsory learning provision of all kinds in England. It refers to general further education (FE) colleges, tertiary colleges, sixth form colleges and independent specialist colleges. It also includes work-based learning (also referred to as publically funded independent learning providers), employer or union based learning, prison education and many parts of adult and community learning (also referrred to as local adult learning providers). In this website the term ‘learning provider’ is used as a generic term for all organisations.

Does the Workforce Development Strategy apply to your organisation?
Yes, if you receive public funding to provide post-compulsory learning in the further education sector in England.

Who will implement the Workforce Development Strategy?
Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) is the national sector skills council that defines and oversees the Strategy. Managers at any level in the further education sector, however many staff they are responsible for, will implement the Strategy in their own organisation.

Next step
If you are already familiar with the Strategy and want to start planning how to implement it, go to the Home page and click on the cycle of workforce development.

If you are new to workforce development in the further education sector, or would like to know more about the background to the Strategy, go to the Read more page.