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There is a huge appetite in the college sector to be very active in engaging with employers. We have pump-primed some of the ability to do that and get additional income in through the flexible workforce development fund and the apprenticeship programmes.
We know that there are forums out there for staff who are involved in counter-fraud and looking at fraudulent activity to get together, and they very much share their learning and examples and hear from one another about how they have tackled things.
We believe that we are about to start getting some returns. We can forecast that, and getting those returns would be beneficial and add to the economic impact that we can have.
It is about having sports and cultural activities available and getting the young people to spend time with their families—it is about taking a whole-person approach.