Mr. Paul O'Toole:

The breadth and diversity of members' contributions closely matches the agenda we are trying to pursue, and the witnesses' responses reflect that. One of our challenges is to prioritise the changes that are needed. Today's discussion reflects many of the things we could do but if we try to tackle everything at once, sometimes we can only take a sticking plaster approach. The sector needs to decide how it should progress.

The system will have to be able to recognise the different capacities and learning styles of individual learners and value equally the routes they take as individuals rather than pigeonhole people or regard options that do not involve college as second best. People learn, develop and contribute in different ways. If we can achieve that goal over a five year period, we will make a significant difference. We will have to make choices in the first instance and our sector has to compete for resources. We will get the resources when we convince those who pay for them that our work is valuable.