Dr. Anne-Marie Butler:

There is a beauty to vocational training. We spoke earlier about student-to-staff ratios in higher education. Ideally, we would want in or around 12 students per teacher in vocational training.

Students spend 50% of their time in the classroom and 50% out in tunnels, in fields or on horses. There is always that trade-off. We obviously do not want to turn away students. We spoke earlier to the Deputy about attracting people into the industry. If people wanted to add more, I gladly would accept. Even on apprenticeships, it is about making sure students are equipped with the skills and the staff have the bandwidth to meet the requirements. We find as well that many of our students are presenting with additional learning needs or are learning in different ways. It is a very powerful environment where they learn from each other so it is very important to give them that time. I am very thankful for what we have but would welcome more.