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The article reports on the favorable responses to the British government's Green Paper, titled "Building Our Industrial Strategy," which forms a plan to reform the nation's higher technical education. David Hughes, chief executive of the Association of College, believes that the strategy recognised the need for more investment in further education colleges. Stephen Metcalfe, chairman of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, comments on the government's digital skills strategy.

The article reports on the white paper in Great Britain "Success for a Knowledge Economy," which demonstrates plans for a more responsive higher education sector. These plans include to introduce a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), to promote high-quality teaching in higher education, and the link that will have with higher levels of fees. The white paper also draws the attention played by further education (FE) colleges and alternative providers, to be known as challenger institutions.

The article reports on the decline in part-time higher education in Great Britain in March 2016. It highlights the comments of Margaret Sharp regarding the benefits of Green Paper for higher education for high-quality teaching and prospect of a good graduate job. It also mentions views of Bryan Davies, member of the Great Britain's House of Lords, for the same.