Reservations about TECs: The Need for Partnership with Local Authorities and Colleges Available to Purchase

Addresses the issue of reservations felt by many in local government about the increasing role of TECs, predominantly at the expense of local authorities with respect to both education and undetermined links, now extending into the wider field of economic regeneration. Explores the issue of why the Government should have embarked on such a course and what has been lost in terms of accountability and local knowledge. In order to compensate for this deficiency, proposes that the TECs will need a partnership with both local colleges and local authorities in training and regeneration in order to fulfil their remit. Such collaboration is a prerequisite for TECs to succeed, but if the longer term aim is to act as a caddy for a“skills revolution” then this partnership must embrace industry. Thus the destiny of colleges, TECs and the long‐term future of industry are inextricably entwined.