Our Further Education services cover the wide range of 14-19 and 19+ learning which takes place in FE colleges, Sixth Form colleges and with private providers or within new forms of institutions such as University Technical Colleges, Academies and Skills Centres.
We are exceptionally well placed to support the sector in effecting the transformational change required to drive down costs and maximise efficiencies whilst ensuring a coherent programme of delivery which responds to learners, employers’ and community needs and continues to drive up quality.
We believe that the future success of both FE and HE is linked in different ways and the unique combination of FE and HE expertise we have particularly fits us to undertake work where the two sectors interface.
We undertake:
• Demand Scoping studies
• Strategic Options reviews
• Partnership Modelling
• Resource Prioritisation
• Business Process Optimisation
• Shared Service scoping, analysis and implementation
• Feasibility Studies
• Business Planning
• Organisational Reviews
• Change Management programmes
• Merger Proposals
• Policy Research.
Our Experience
Our consultants have background and experience of working in the post 16 sector. They have worked successfully with a large number of colleges on both local and regional projects, undertaken scoping reviews for regional bodies (Local Authorities and LSCs), research for national agencies such as DIUS (now BIS) and WAG and projects working across the two sectors (FE and HE).
Examples of projects delivered by our consultants include:
• The scoping and planning of future post 16 provision on a regional geographical basis
• Analysing and modelling options for institutional partnering and prospective merger between institutions (FE – FE and HE - FE) including business case preparation for the funding councils
• 5 Case Business Planning for strategic initiatives and capital proejcts
• Implementing and delivering the benefits from lean and efficiency programmes
• Devising , implementing and delivering shared services between multiple organisations in the public and private sectors
• Evaluating the effectiveness and impact of major policy initiatives and the work of national agencies.