FE deserves its place in the sun.

The article focuses on the significance of the white paper on further education in fulfilling the government's commitment to extend free tuition for A-level courses in Great Britain. The white paper also gives local authorities the lead strategic role over 14-19 learning. Such debates make a lot more sense when viewed through the prism of the different needs of young people and adults. Finally, the author pointed out the country has been an outlier on international comparisons of the content and structure.