1. Further Education, Higher Education and the English Experiment Gareth Parry University of Sheffield

2. The research question Why do the English separate further and higher education, and what is the impact of this division on efforts to widen participation in undergraduate education? www.sheffield.ac.uk/furtherhigher www.tlrp.org

3. The English experiment Changing the pattern of demand for, and supply of, undergraduate education size shape scope structure

4. The assumptive architecture 1988, 1992 and the culmination of concentration Separation by level Separation by type No overarching rationale

5. The policy turn A college contribution A flagship qualification Semi-compulsory partnerships Cross-sector mergers

6. The boundary paradox separation + combination high policy + low growth competition + collaboration democratisation + diversion