Lifelong learning in UK

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What is Lifelong Learning?

Lifelong learning is a form of self-initiated

education that is focused on personal development.
While there is no standardized definition of lifelong
learning, it has generally been taken to refer to the
learning that occurs outside of a formal educational
institute, such as a school, university or corporate
training.
 Key checklist for lifelong learning:

 Voluntary
 Self-motivated or self-initiated
 Doesn’t always require a cost
 Often informal
 Self-taught or instruction that is sought
 Motivation is out of personal interest or personal
development
 Lifelong Learning

Learning for Personal Development Learning for Professional Development

Makes us less risk

Boosts our confidence averse and more Helps us achieve a more
and self-esteem adaptable to change satisfying personal life
when it happens
you will likely become
better at what you do and
more indispensable to
your current or future
Challenges our employer.
ideas and beliefs Can be fun
Examples of lifelong learning

Here are some of the types of lifelong learning initiatives that you can engage in:

 Developing a new skill (eg. sewing, cooking, programming,

public speaking, etc)
 Self-taught study (eg. learning a new language, researching
a topic of interest, subscribing to a podcast, etc)
 Learning a new sport or activity (eg. Joining martial arts,
learning to ski, learning to exercise, etc)
 Learning to use a new technology (smart devices, new
software applications, etc)
 Acquiring new knowledge (taking a self-interest course via
online education or classroom-based course)
 Internships and apprenticeships Playing a new game or sport

Vocational courses Adding to your skillset during

employment

What are some examples of

lifelong learning?

Teaching yourself a new

language Gaining knowledge and learned
behaviours from your environment

Studying a new subject Learning to use new pieces of

technology
What are the benefits of lifelong learning?

There are a number of advantages to this form of studying. Including:

 To gain a new qualification

 To add to your transferable skills
 To increase your employability and promotion prospects
 To earn more money
 To fill a skills gap
 To broaden your knowledge
 To better contribute to the community
 Mental stimulation
 Personal and professional satisfaction
Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK)

Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) is a Sector Skills Council

(SSC) within the Skills for Business Network which includes 24
other SSCs and the Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA),
which funds, supports and monitors them. Each SSC is an
independent, employer-led organisation with responsibilities to:
• reduce skills gaps and shortages
• improve productivity, business and public service performance
• increase opportunities to boost the skills and productivity of
everyone in the
sector's workforce
• improve learning supply, including apprenticeships, HE and
National Occupational Standards (NOS).
it represents five key constituency groups:
• Community learning and development (CLD) - covering adult and
community learning; community development learning, community
development work, development education, youth work, family learning and
working with parents
• Further education (FE) - embracing FE colleges, specialist institutions, sixth
form colleges in England and post-16 learning provision in Wales
• Higher education (HE) - including universities and colleges of HE
• Libraries, archives and information services (LAIS)
• Work based learning (WBL) - both publicly-funded and private sector training
organisations concerned with the delivery of applied (vocational) training, which is
primarily work based.
Conclusion:

The UK policy view of lifelong learning, which in practice is increasingly

employer‐led, has largely followed an agenda of developing a more
productive and efficient workforce and raising Britain’s economic
competitiveness through a ‘skills revolution’.
The dominant understanding of lifelong learning in official policy
discourse continues to place an emphasis on vocational learning. A
‘skills revolution’, which is predominantly led by employers with sectoral
interests is meant to equip learners with the knowledge, skills and
understanding needed for economic and therefore societal success
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