Will England’s universities and students embrace lifelong learning?

Lifelong loans: traditional degrees ‘elephant in the room’ in debate

Costly residential degrees will eat up LLE funding, leaving ‘difficult choices about how to divide up the cake’, warns OU v-c in Hepi paper

By Tom Williams

11 May

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Lifelong learning raises doubts about business models and learning itself

The aspiration is commendable, but the downsides of running short, flexible courses must be considered from the outset, says David Spendlove

By David Spendlove

10 April

Statue of a Buddha reading at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Temple in Singapore to illustrate What lessons can Singapore teach about lifelong learning

What lessons can Singapore teach about lifelong learning?

As AI makes giant strides, threatening to digitise a whole host of graduate careers, the need to ensure that human employees can regularly upskill and retrain is more urgent than ever. An early pioneer of mass lifelong learning, does Singapore point the way forwards? Pola Lem reports from the Lion City

By Pola Lem

13 April

Microcredentials, not short courses, should drive lifelong learning plans

Disappointing results from pilot scheme indicate a focus on 10-credit modules, rather than 30-credit courses, is the way forward, says Annabel Kiernan

By Annabel Kiernan

26 February

Will England’s universities and students embrace lifelong learning?

The political will is there, but doubts remain about whether supply and demand will follow suit, say Peter Wolstencroft and Elizabeth Whitfield

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Will England’s universities and students embrace lifelong learning?

The political will is there, but doubts remain about whether supply and demand will follow suit, say Peter Wolstencroft and Elizabeth Whitfield

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