Lessons learnt from workforce data collection pilots in the adult and community learning and work based learning sectors in England

Abstract

"From 2007, Lifelong Learning UK became responsible for the collection of workforce data in the Further Education (FE) Sector, which comprises Adult and Community Learning (ACL); Further Education colleges and work based learning (WBL) providers in receipt of public funds in England... To explore scope for extending collection to the ACL and WBL sectors, two pilot studies were conducted involving ACL and WBL providers. The objectives of the pilots were to understand the feasibility and logistics of collecting workforce data from the ACL and WBL sectors so a national rollout could be undertaken from 2008. Some workforce data was also collected through the pilots, the findings of which have been reported separately. This report provides a synthesis of the lessons learnt from the pilots, which ran from May to November 2007." - Page 4