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Universities are developing mechanisms for widening participation by engaging more directly with 'Feeder Colleges'. However, an inspection of the fine detail of the relationships between the staff of higher education institutions and of further education colleges reveals complexity and tension, contested boundaries and ontological confusion. This workshop seeks to explore the process of effective partnership building and how it can bring about a creative mutuality on behalf of 'non-standard' students who want a clear progression pathway. The interface between university expectations of demonstrable academic achievement and competence-based learning is examined. The discourse frontiers between levels three and four are explored and the role of the 'Honesty Knowledge Broker' is defined. Participants are invited to begin to develop a protocol for parity of esteem for learning achieved in both forms of learning.