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The UK policy context for
lifelong learning and its
implementation in
Cambridgeshire
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17/07/2015
Rebecca Morgan, Learning Services
Manager
Background
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1997 Labour Government
1997 ‘Higher Education in the learning society’ –
Dearing report emphasised the key role of higher
education
1998 ‘Learning Works’ – Kennedy report on widening
participation at post 16
1999 Government Green Paper ‘The Learning Age’
2001 Establishment of new Department for Education
and Skills (DfES)
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‘The Learning Age’
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Key principles:
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Expand further and higher education
Make it easier to learn by creating University for Industry (UfI)
Individual Learning Accounts (ILAs)
Invest in young people (post 16)
Increase help for basic literacy and numeracy skills
Widen participation in and access to learning
Raise standards across teaching and learning
Set and publish clear target
Work with business, employees and trade unions
Build a qualification system which is easily understood
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‘The Learning Age’
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Learning’s potential for:
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Individuals - offers excitement and opportunity
Businesses – adds value and keeps up to date
Communities – contributes to social cohesion
The Nation – essential to a strong community and to
bridge the ‘Learning divide’
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Department for Education & Skills
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Report ‘Education and Skills: Delivering
Results: A strategy to 2006’
Three key principles
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Give children an excellent start
Enable all young people to develop
Encourage and enable adults to learn
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Actions
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Skills for Life
Learning and Skills Council
Learndirect
UK Online Centres
E-learning
Workforce development strategy
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Why the need?
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Weakness in numbers achieving basic and
intermediate skills
Seven million adults have no formal
qualification
One in five have poor literacy and numeracy
skills
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Services Manager
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On the ground
Establishment of:
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Learndirect centres
National Grid for Learning (NGfL) & Community (CGfL)
UK Online brand
Funding streams to establish all of the above through DfES
and New Opportunities Fund (NOF)
Learning and Skills Councils (offering co-financing)
Re-branding of Employment Service JobCentres Plus
Establishment of Connexions
Learning Partnerships
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Services Manager
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The role of libraries
‘[Libraries] can help change cultures and become
increasingly important partners in both opening
up access and diversifying delivery.’
‘Creating Learning Cultures: Next steps to achieving the Learning Age.’
Second Report of The National Advisory Group for Continuing Education
& Lifelong Learning.
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The role of libraries
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Changing role – more interactive,
Wider role in the learning process than
supplying materials
Impartial, neutral, less threatening
environment
Learning for leisure – key activity
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To make an impact:
Libraries need to
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Be more responsive to learners’ needs
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Recognise the barriers, particularly amongst some
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Encourage library use amongst children
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Delivery in Libraries
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Peoples’ Network was established with Government
funding to provide ICT equipment and connectivity
Aims
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Improve accessibility
Use ICT to create learning cultures
Stimulate demand
Bridge the ‘digital dvide’
Family learning
Citizenship and building communities
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Cambridgeshire
At County level
 Cambridgeshire Learning Partnership
 Local Strategic Partnerships
 Network of Learndirect Centres
 Cambridgeshire Community Network (CCN)
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Prospects for learning
County strategy document published in 2001
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To contribute to the social, economic and cultural well being of the
country, the county, communities and individuals in
Cambridgeshire by securing the highest possible levels of
achievement, understanding and participation in learning, and the
positive use of leisure.’
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Cambridgeshire Library & Information
Service
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Eight Learning Centres
32 Community Access Points
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Learning Services for Learning
Communities
Flexible, accessible learning
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Supported by qualified staff
Is not time limited or constrained
Offers accredited learning
Offers ‘learning for leisure’
Works in partnership with other providers
Targets hard to reach groups
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Current activity
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Accredited learning and qualification
Taster sessions
Development of our own tailored courses
600+ online learning courses
One to one and group tuition
Piloting activity with hard to reach groups
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Mission
Cambridgeshire Library Service recognises:
 The importance of investing in learning
 The role of learning at work for both our own
staff and role we can play in up-skilling staff in
other businesses
 The key role the service has to play in helping
to realise the learning age
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And finally!
A few of our happy learners!
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Services Manager
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