The F.E./ H.E. college where I worked was as non - elitist academic as you can imagine in S London. I taught asylum seekers and refugees 16-adult, as well as 1-1 support with the full range of students: all with literacy issues; 17/18 year olds doing rote learning bollox 'business' classes that just keep them 'in education'; some very noticeably smarter folks doing A levels; amd smarter again doing degrees.