2. National Institute for
Adult Continuing
Learning
Largest non
governmental body
supporting adult learning.
Advocacy
Research
Development
3. Overview
Looking Back (5 mins)
A Vision for the future - Inquiry into Future of
Lifelong Learning (10 mins)
Policy and practice in UK – Is this a revolution?
(10 mins)
Europe – Overview ( 10 mins)
Learning and sharing
4. Looking October Current policy A vision for
back 2009 and practice the future
Europe
5. The Foundations
Mechanic Institutes
Trade Unions
Workers’ Education Association
University extra mural
7. The village college ...... would provide for the whole man,
and abolish the duality of education and ordinary life.
8. . It would not only be the training ground for the art of living,
but the place in which life is lived, the environment of a
genuine corporate life.
The dismal dispute of vocational and non-vocational
education would not arise in it.
It would be a visible demonstration in stone of the continuity
and never ceasingness of education
9. Classes for adults Sports Groups
Pre school learning School learning
Community
organisations Arts Groups
The dismal dispute of vocational and non-vocational education
would not arise.
12. Source : NIACE survey on adult participation in learning 2009
Participation in learning in UK
Current or recent Future intentions to
participation in learn
learning
Northern Ireland 42% 58%
Wales 41% 64%
England 39% 59%
Scotland 33% 65%
13.
14. Vision of the future
Inquiry into Future of
Lifelong Learning
Independent
10 commissioners
28 Supplementary papers
18 months for evidence to
be received
Cost £1,000,000
15. Recommendations
1. Base Lifelong Learning Policy on a 4 stage model
2. Rebalance resources across life courses
3. Build a set of entitlements
4. Engineer flexibility: system of credits to encourage part time
study
5. Improve quality of work
6. Citizens Curriculum
7. Broadening and strengthening capacity of lifelong learning
workforce
8. Revive local responsibility
9. ...within national frameworks
10. Making the system intelligent
16. Recommendations
1. Base Lifelong Learning Policy on a 4 stage model
2. Rebalance resources across life courses
3. Build a set of entitlements
4. Engineer flexibility: system of credits to encourage part time
study
5. Improve quality of work
6. Citizens Curriculum
7. Broadening and strengthening capacity of lifelong
learning workforce
8. Revive local responsibility
9. ...within national frameworks
10. Making the system intelligent
17. 1 Base Lifelong Learning Policy on
a 4 stage model
2 Rebalance Lifelong Learning
resources across life courses
21. 3 Build a set of entitlements
Free access to literacy and numeracy
(Level 1)
Financial support for minimum levels of
qualifications needed for active participation
in society
‘Learning leave’ from employment.
Transition entitlements
22. 6 Citizens’ curriculum
Four capabilities
• Digital
• Health
• Financial
• Civic
(employability across all these)
23.
24. 7 Broadening and strengthening
capacity of the lifelong learning
workforce
26. 10 Intelligent system
‘State of Learning report’ produced by
government every three years
Use OECD comparitors.
27. Final word from the Inquiry
....those engaged with lifelong learning in
any capacity need to better understand the
implications of technology, so that future
societies are the ones we seek rather
than the ones we end up with.
28. Looking October Current policy A vision for
back 2009 and practice the future
Europe
29. Current policy and practice
Teaching traditions
Literacy and Numeracy
Digital Inclusion
Workforce Reform
Education for sustainable development
Government policy on non vocational
learning.
32. Literacy and Numeracy
Moser Report (1999) A Response
Fresh Start
£5bn investment in
7 million adults in since 2001
England, had low levels 12 million learning
of literacy skills. opportunities taken
2.8million quals
The situation for
numeracy was worse,
33. Digital Inclusion
11 Million adults not 6,000 UK online
using online world centres
Digital Life Skills
(9 hours course)
Social marketing
campaign
Digital Champion
34. Workforce reforms
Teachers of
adults
Qualified
30 hours
Professional
Development
each year
41. Government policy on non
vocational learning.
The dismal dispute of vocational and non-vocational education(1923)
Twentyfirst century
Skills
42. Informal Adult Learning
Not accredited and not job related
Can be structured or unstructured
A course?
A Museum visit?
A TV programme?
An interest group
A Web site?
43. What does the policy offer?
Encourages partnerships:
• Course providers
• Broadcasters
• Museums
• Voluntary Groups
• Community Learning Champions
44.
45. Europe
European
traditions
European Policy
Some examples
from Germany
46. European Policy
Lifelong Learning programme 2007 – 2013 with 4
sections:
Comenius – School pupils involved in joint activities
Erasmus – Higher Education students mobility
Leonardo – Vocational Education and Training
Grundvig – Adult Education
48. The German Learning Regions
Project
Developing sustainable structures
and organisations of regional
networks for Lifelong Learning,
- Education marketing
- Lifelong guidance
-Innovative forms of teaching and learning
- New transitions between educational phases
- Work with small and medium-sized
enterprises,
71 Networks
http://www.lernende-regionen.info/
51. Looking October Current policy A vision for
back 2009 and practice the future
Europe
52. What I brought What I take
A bit of history
A Vision for Lifelong
Learning
• 10 recommendations
Current practice
• Professionalisation
• Partnership working
Europe
• Echoes of Britain.