Courses fit for funding: Horticultural training must meet new criteria to secure financial support

摘要

Government plans to overhaul the qualification framework for further education have left awarding bodies and colleges facing a huge challenge in the build up to the 2008/ 2009 academic year. The key change is the prioritising in the funding of courses that include an injection of basic skills such as literacy- a move that means training providers are having to look at ways of altering courses while keeping them relevant to the industry.