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Abstract
A group of 60 or so institutions in England and Wales, referred to as colleges or institutions of higher education, have fought hard over the last ten years to establish a role for themselves in higher education. The ‘college sector’ includes institutions with a variety of backgrounds whose acceptance as a legitimate part of British higher education has only been gained in the face of competition, and at times, opposition, from polytechnics and universities
The results from a recent project, involving a number of institutions whose origins were in teacher education, indicates strong support from college students for this form of higher education. However, many former BA and BSc students from this sector experienced difficulties when attempting to pursue graduate careers outside of teaching.
The purpose of the present article is to consider the policy implications of the results, and review a number of possible models for the future direction and identity of those institutions known as the former colleges of education.