This report compares selected issues of Further Education (FE) in England with other comparable FE systems in Finland, Ireland, Sweden and New South Wales, Australia. This research emphasises the complex nature of post-compulsory provision in the four country contexts, and highlights the acute necessity for ‘joined-up’ policy thinking that crosses different policy domains, carefully designed and prepared reforms, and ‘creeping rather than jumping’ reform. The evidence suggests that excessive reform of one particular feature of a system (such as qualifications) will not provide the stability and coherence that post compulsory VET systems need in order to be able to attract learners to that provision and employers to learners who successfully complete that provision.