Knowledge and Technology Exchange in Further Education Colleges

This report sought answers to the questions: what are the barriers to further education colleges playing a more active role in the development of knowledge and technology exchange activities? What more could be done at policy-maker level to increase and improve the contribution of further education colleges in terms of innovation, knowledge and technology exchange within their respective regions? Based on the research, the reports suggests a set of principles that could strengthen and energise the knowledge and technology exchange activities in further education colleges and recommends a mechanism that could act as the initial catalyst to develop better structured and coordinated knowledge and technology exchange activities in further education colleges.