Where Now for University Lifelong Learning?

Autor/in	Holmes, Gary
Titel	Where Now for University Lifelong Learning?
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 21 (2010) 6, S.8-9 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	Open Universities; Lifelong Learning; Adult Learning; Foreign Countries; Educational Finance; Financial Support; Postsecondary Education; Nontraditional Students; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Offene Universität; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Bildungsfonds; Finanzielle Förderung; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Großbritannien
Abstract	Not so long ago, alongside the splendid edifice of full-time university education, there was a thriving array of university degree-level programmes, offered part-time in local settings, which was world-leading in its availability and in its ambitions. One could access it as part of a career-change need, a professional accreditation or for the pleasure of learning. Very many universities, including some of what is now called the Russell group of research-led academies, not only took great pride in having an accessible, part-time version of their academic portfolio but promoted it assiduously through dedicated "extra-mural" or lifelong learning departments. The rise and rise of the Open University itself was part of this wider flourishing. Within the last decade much of this has turned sour. Although specific part-time professional and specialist higher education survives and thrives within university departments, some universities have effectively dropped lifelong learning as a concept. Most have trimmed it and few now promote such departments as beacons of excellence and accessibility. In this article, the author explores what has gone wrong. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/publications/adults-learning
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10