[The Guardian] Further education colleges need support to invest in young people | Letter

Further education colleges need support to invest in young people | Letter

People of all ages in declining coastal towns and elsewhere could benefit from more chances to learn, says Tom Schuller

Your editorial about investing in young people in coastal towns (9 July) mentioned arts hubs, youth clubs and leisure facilities – all very desirable – but not the main providers of learning opportunities, further education colleges. You may say that support for colleges is implicit – but it’s exactly the invisibility of the college sector in the public mind that explains the lack of material investment in them.

Arguably, universities have sucked out many of the young people from coastal towns – not deliberately, of course, and they should not be blamed for this. But it’s a consequence of the general low level of appreciation of the value of the college sector.

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