Transcript 1. National Seminar Lifelong Learning Networks 2006. (MSPowerPoint 27KB)

Lifelong Learning Networks: the
Policy Career
Gareth Parry
University of Sheffield
What are they?
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membership: dual and ‘diverse’
identity: meaningful for ‘learners’
vocational: students, learning and pathways
progression I: ‘into’ and ‘through’
progression II: ‘clarity, coherence and certainty’
progression III: ‘a lifetime of work and study’
vehicle: funded additional numbers
Another go at?
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lifelong learning partnerships
widening participation partnerships
partnerships for progression
lifelong learning networks
A different process?
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high authorship
foundation text
joint circular invitation
‘developmental dialogue’
policy buy-in
Where from?
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Bristol 
Coventry 
Scotland 
California 
Wisconsin 
‘the best of American public university
practice’ 
What are they for?
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value-adding
‘running with the grain’
‘testing different approaches’
counter-balancing
counter-vailing
(re-)connecting
Mode I or II?
collaboration v competition
connectivity v asymmetry
agility v demography
sector v system
The FurtherHigher Project
Why do the English divide?
With what effect on organisations?
With what impact on participation and
equity?
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