further education

American  

noun

British.

1. adult education.

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further education British  

noun

1. (in Britain) formal education beyond school other than at a university or polytechnic

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Etymology

Origin of further education

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Scotland's further education colleges are also in line for a boost in funding, to the tune of £70m.

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Their case is helped by the crisis afflicting Dundee University and evidence that much of further education is heading deep into the red and facing possible closures.

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An "education record" app, trialled with 95,000 pupils in Manchester and the West Midlands last summer, will initially download the results - and also allow Year 11 students to then store a digital record of those results for future use, such as when applying for jobs or further education.

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Her website still says that she began her teaching career in further education "whilst undertaking a PhD at the University of Liverpool".

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In the 2024/25 academic year, the Turing scheme had £105m of funding, which paid for 43,200 placements, with 24,000 of those being in higher education, 12,100 in further education and 7,000 in schools.

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