Book chapter 2018

LEARNING THROUGH LIFE REVISITED: THE ROLE OF POLICY IN ENHANCING SOCIAL MOBILITY THROUGH ACCESS TO PART-TIME STUDY

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Marr, Liz
 BJ
Butcher, John
Access to Success and Social Mobility through Higher Education: A Curate’s Egg?
Journal · pp. 51-66
Abstract

This chapter focusses on the situation of part-time learners and explores the extent to which policy in England has confounded, rather than facilitated, lifelong learning opportunities. A brief overview of Lifelong Learning policy at Pan-European level is presented with the findings of a specific project which sought to establish what the barriers were to access for diverse student bodies in England, Denmark, Finland and Germany. Then, the authors focus on the ‘perfect storm’1 in English Higher Education where a catastrophic decline in the numbers of part-time student, generated due to the clash of several policy ‘clouds’, raises questions about the government’s commitment to lifelong learning. © 2018 the Editor, individual chapters.

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lifelong learning policy vocational learning adult economic challenges Part-time

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The Open University, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
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3 Bologna Process 2020 the European Higher Education Area in the New Decade, (2025)
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6 Speech by Lord Crowther First Chancellor of the Open University at the Presentation of the Charter Transcript, (1969)
7 Learning the Treasure within, (1996)
8 Lifelong Learning Charter, (2008)
9 Learning to Be the World of Education Today and Tomorrow, (1972)
10 Times Higher Education Supplement, (2008)
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