The Further Education Funding Council for England (FEFC) was a

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of the Department for Education and Skills which distributed funding to

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and

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Colleges in

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between 1992 and 2001. It was created by the

Further and Higher Education Act 1992 The Further and Higher Education Act 1992 made changes in the funding and administration of further education and higher education within England and Wales, with consequential effects on associated matters in Scotland which had previously been ...

and abolished by the

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, being replaced by the

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(LSC).

Background

The government's reasons for creating the FEFC were set out in their 1991 white paper Education and Training for the 21st Century.

Staff

During its nine-year life the FEFC had two chief executives and three chairs. The first chief executive was Sir William Stubbs and its second chief executive Prof David Melville. The first chair was Sir Robert Gunn followed by Lord Bryan Davies and Lord Tony Newton.

Resurrection?

In November 2009

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issued a consultation document on Conservative policy for

. The document promised to reinstate the FEFC.

References

Conservative 2009 consultation document http://www.davidwilletts.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/consultation-document.doc

External links

Further and Higher Education Act, 1992
(for England and Wales)
Learning and Skills Act 2000

Digital Education Resource Archive (DERA)
holds an archive of some digitized FEFC publications. Education in England Defunct public bodies of the United Kingdom Defunct organisations based in England Department for Education Funding bodies of England Public education in the United Kingdom Government agencies established in 1992 Government agencies disestablished in 2001 1992 establishments in England 2001 disestablishments in England {{UK-gov-stub