The consequences of kicking the can down the road
Kicking the can down the road is sometimes a useful tactic for avoiding short-term political pain, but often results in significant long-term damage. If a politician can kick a particular can far...
View ArticleThree ideas for encouraging lifelong learning
Following on from my recent post about the decline of lifelong learning in England over the last decade, I’d like to offer three broad suggestions that could help to reverse this depressing trend. 1....
View ArticleAre we at the bottom yet? Further falls in Open University enrolments...
Today’s first release of HESA’s official student enrolment data for 2016/17 shows a further decline in part-timers. This is against a background of slightly rising numbers in higher education overall....
View ArticleVince Cable’s lifelong learning commission – a missed opportunity?
An under-reported part of Vince Cable’s first conference speech as Leader of the Liberal Democrats was his announcement of an independent commission on lifelong learning. Being a lifelong learning...
View ArticleThriving at work – #DOPconf 2019 review
Shortly after I’d been discharged from hospital last September, I made a decision to attend the British Psychological Society’s Division of Occupational Psychologists annual conference (DOPconf to its...
View ArticleOpen University student enrolments fall 44% since 2009/10
In the year that the Open University celebrates its 50th anniversary, the annual higher education student statistics release from HESA (*) paints a gloomy picture for lifelong learners. Overall...
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