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New Engineering Foundation
Suite 2, 10 Bective Place
London, SW15 2PZ

Tel: 020 8786 3677
Fax: 020 8871 3620
Email: info@neweng.org.uk

Vocational education in further education colleges must extend beyond the delivery of occupational knowledge and skills, to be effective in preparing students for a changing society and workplace. It must offer students an incentive for thinking creatively about an industry, and broaden their understanding of the career opportunities afforded to them in that industry.  

Therefore, further education colleges have a responsibility to include in their curriculum, techniques for helping students develop entrepreneurial skills. 

Like universities, further education colleges can also play a vital role in: 

• fostering the genesis and growth of new businesses;
• supporting companies with the application of new and existing technologies; and
• working with businesses to develop the skills of their workforce at technical and professional levels.

These college/industry links should be further solidified and energised frequently to enable sustainable capacity and growth in Knowledge and Technology Transfer activities to be achieved. In addition, such activities will undoubtedly underpin the Government's strategy for science, engineering and technology: 'Investing in Innovation', and will encourage stronger collaboration between educational providers and businesses.