ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the changes which have occurred in the major establishments providing public sector higher education, namely the polytechnics and the colleges and institutes of higher education. The polytechnics now almost exclusively submit their degree courses to the Council for National Academic Awards for validation and the colleges and institutes of higher education are increasingly doing so, though a majority of the latter are still validated by the universities. Perhaps the subject area which has changed most in recent years, both in terms of student numbers and also in course provision, is teacher education. The chapter examines in detail the problems which it faces and the circumstances in which it is likely to operate. It consider in more detail the 'pooling' arrangements that have obtained in recent years and the likely criteria upon which National Advisory Bodies financial decisions will be based.
