03_05_13

UUK Review Of Part-time And Mature Higher Education - UALL Response

Part of UALL’s mission is to contribute to consultations on part-time and flexible lifelong learning. There have been several recent examples, including the European 2013 survey of lifelong learning national networks; the DBIS Part-time Stakeholder Group, and the UUK Review of Part-time and Mature HE.  In all of these UALL represen ...

28_03_13

2013 ANNUAL CONFERENCE - A GREAT SUCCESS

The 2013 Annual Conference was held at the Calman Centre, University of Durham between 20 and 22 March with the theme: Who and what are universities for? Local Communities, Global competitiveness and the part-time student. The Conference attracted 75 delegates, a very satisfactory number give ...

15_03_13

Part-time Numbers

Following the item on the decline in part-time numbers and Government's increasing concern, NIACE has published a special issue of Adults Learning to address this developing crisis. Among the contributors are UALL Chair, Mary Stuart, and UALL Editor, Bill Jones.

28_02_13

BIS - Part Time And Mature Students

The Government department BIS is increasingly concerned about part-time and mature student numbers which have dropped by 30-50%. Both BIS and UUK have set up survey and advice groups, with UALL and other invited organisations providing evidence. Data on part-time student participation is always less certain than full-time, so evidence is esse ...

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