UNISON raised many concerns about the changes in the Post-16 Education Bill in particular college regionalisation. We are already seeing many of our concerns realised, for example overall student numbers are down 140,000 since 2007/8.
Our general concerns about regional structures are covered in our response to part one of the consultation. While UNISON fully supports the decisions of colleges to remain independent rather than create single college regions in Glasgow, Lanarkshire and the Highlands we have concerns about how the multi college regions will operate….