Looking Further: a survey of the landscape of performing arts higher education in further education

This PALATINE 'landscape survey' undertaken in 2009 focuses on an area of higher education provision that is playing an increasingly important role in the national strategy for higher education. The provision of Higher Education in Further Education (usually shortened to HE in FE) in institutions that are normally regarded as Further Education Colleges (FECs) has expanded dramatically in the last few years. The report is divided into two main sections. The first a relatively detailed overview of HE in FE provides the context for the second part: the findings from the survey of performing arts HE in FE provision.