Appendix 1
MIXED ECONOMY
GROUP
Mission statement
"The Mixed Economy Group of colleges represents
those Further Education Colleges which have a strategic role in
the provision of programmes of Higher Education.
The Group is committed to:
— widening participation in Higher
Education amongst groups currently underrepresented.
— promoting the value of vocational
Higher Education in raising the aspirations of individuals and
meeting the skills needs of the economy.
— working in partnership to develop
and deliver high quality, innovative approaches to Higher Education."
The Mixed Economy Group consists of over twenty
colleges of Further Education. Members have at least five hundred
Full Time Equivalent students following programmes of Higher Education.
December 2006
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