Managing Further Education explores the experiences of leaders and managers in further education, providing a valuable resource of practical ideas. Drawing on an extensive national survey of college managers in the UK, Jacky Lumby: investigates how managers are responding to the challenge to increase the numbers and range of students and to improve learning and teaching; shows what it means to lead in a college and how the culture has evolved; focuses on a different aspect of management in each chapter; Despite the importance of the further education (FE) sector to education and training, managers struggle to find adequate research evidence on which to base reflection and practice. This book provides relevant material for managers in FE - a sector which caters for a wider rande of age and ability than any other. The book concludes that 'learning enterprise' is an apt description of further education, a sector which has retained learning at its core and has learned to adopt an entrepreneurial spirit to shape its future.