This article examines what Foundation level GNVQ students say about their learning experience drawing on findings from a case study of staff and students involved in GNVQ programmes at a further education college. The college has a Foundation Studies department, where all Foundation level GNVQ is taught, and the article reports on interviews with a small group of seven Foundation students. It is argued that the most important issue for them is the shift from being disaffected learners to becoming accepted as students within the college. In achieving this, relationships with teachers are crucial, and appear to be the most significant factor in helping these students move from being apparent failures within the education system, to starting out on a more successful path to learning. © 2001 Journal of Vocational Education and Training All rights reserved.
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