This paper provides an overview of the national perspective in further education (FE) developments in Information and Learning Technology (ILT) since 1992, from the unique perspective of a number of key staff members at the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) and a member of staff with a role in quality improvement in the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC). It sets in context the research reported in this section in the papers by Cockrill et al. and Caven‐Atack

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Gain, Meg

MacDonald, Jean

Martin, Joyce

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Further Education Funding Council (1999b), Quality and Standards in Further Education in England 1998-99: Chief Inspector's Annual Report,

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Further Education Funding Council (1999d), Networked Lifelong Learning,

Learning for the Twenty-first Century:

Learning Works: Widening Participation in Further Education,

Further education in transition