Membership

Landex has 3 categories of membership:

Full Member
 
Full membership is open to Colleges and Universities in the UK that offer significant volumes of high quality further and/or higher education in at least 6 land based occupational areas. These providers must also have control over appropriate physical resources to provide their students with on-site practical experience, and enjoy strong relationships with the industries they serve.
Full members:

• are required to engage fully with the Landex quality improvement (peer review) process
• have full access to all Landex services and CPD events
• are shareholders in the company and are eligible to stand as members of the Board.

Affiliate Member
 
Affiliate membership is open to providers in England that offer high quality further and/or higher education in at least 2 land based occupational areas. These providers must also have appropriate physical resources to provide their students with sound practical experience, and enjoy strong relationships with the industries they serve.
Affiliate members:

• are required to engage fully with the Landex quality improvement (peer review) process
• have access to Landex services and CPD events
• are not shareholders in the company and may not stand as members of the Board, however they may join and take a full part in the work of the Landex committees.

Associate Member

• may opt to engage with the Landex quality improvement (peer review) process on a cost recovery basis
• have access to Landex CPD events
• are not shareholders in the company and may not stand as members of the Board but may take a full part in the work of the Landex committees.

Further details of the qualifications for each category of membership may be obtained from the Landex office.

Collectively Landex members:-

• offer teaching and learning opportunities for a wide range of learners and in England collectively provide over 80% of further education and over 82% of higher education in land based subjects
• deliver Higher National Diplomas and Foundation Degrees: a significant number also deliver Honours and Post-graduate Degrees
• carry out applied research and, in particular, field trial activity as an integral part of their portfolios
• recruit not just locally, but regionally and nationally or internationally
• offer residential accommodation on campus for both 16-18 and adult learners, together with extensive social and support services
• provide a wide range of courses for primary pupils and those in years 10 and 11 of secondary education: an extensive range of short courses and an increasing number of distance learning programmes are also on offer
• support rural innovation, business incubation, growth and development as well as managing apprenticeship programmes, bespoke training and continuous professional development for many employers and their work forces
• provide courses that are underpinned by substantial business enterprises, including farms, nurseries, veterinary practices, equestrian and sports complexes, which provide a unique learning experience for students
• participate in a wide range of commercial and education partnerships and delivery contracts including many with world class companies and leading commercial and voluntary sector organizations
• enjoy the support of employers and industry bodies and engage them in a wide range of college activity such as governors on College Boards and course monitoring and development.
• respond to the implications that climate change has upon the land use and management agenda through curriculum design, operational activity and industry partnerships
• stage many events and open days for the general public and those aspiring to careers in the land based industries.

Landex's primary functions are to secure continuous improvement in all its members through peer review, support and CPD; and to promote the interests of members and their various client groups through dialogue with government departments, funding agencies, sector skills councils, quality improvement agencies and professional bodies.

The recently published Ofsted ‘outstanding providers’ list identifies nine Landex members in the further education sector that were judged to offer outstanding provision, and ‘confidence in college management’ has been expressed in every one of the nineteen Landex colleges that have received either a QAA ‘Institutional Audit’ (Higher Education Institutions) or an ‘Integrated Quality and Enhancement Review’ (Further Education Colleges with Higher Education provision) of the quality of learning and for the standards of awards that they offer on behalf of awarding bodies.