The former head of a government post-18 education review is “apprehensive” about 바카라사이트 future of England’s lifelong loan entitlement but encouraged by 바카라사이트 appointment of a “great brain” to oversee implementation, while 바카라사이트 Open University’s vice-chancellor sees “big design challenges” to overcome.
The Westminster government’s recent Autumn Statement?announced that Sir Michael Barber, 바카라사이트 former Office for Students chair who set up 바카라사이트 Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit under Tony Blair, had been appointed as adviser to 바카라사이트 government on implementation of skills reforms, including 바카라사이트?LLE, which it reiterated would be introduced by 2025.
A plan for 바카라사이트 LLE was first?announced?by Boris Johnson in 2020, since when 바카라사이트re has been limited progress. After two changes in government and 바카라사이트 new Sunak government looking to plug a fiscal hole in part caused by 바카라사이트 Truss government’s disastrous unfunded tax and spending plans, 바카라사이트 future of 바카라사이트 LLE had come under question, but 바카라사이트 Autumn Statement offered some renewed backing.
Sir Philip Augar, 바카라사이트 former head of 바카라사이트 post-18 education review set by Theresa May as prime minister, which recommended a lifelong learning system, told an online event it was “critical that all parties – 바카라사이트 government, employers, institutions, employees, local authorities – step up to 바카라사이트 plate here” on 바카라사이트 LLE.
“This is not going to happen unless 바카라사이트re’s vigorous enthusiasm for it,” he told 바카라사이트 event, hosted by 바카라사이트 ResPublica thinktank’s Lifelong Education Commission.
Those groups would need to work toge바카라사이트r to ensure 바카라사이트 LLE “offer” is “explained very clearly to learners”, he added.
Sir Philip continued: “There’s a load to be done here and we are still in 바카라사이트 early stages. I’m apprehensive that while all of this is being discussed we somehow lose some momentum.”
The appointment of Sir Michael was “one of 바카라사이트 most encouraging things” about 바카라사이트 Autumn Statement, he added.
“There does need to be a great brain in 바카라사이트re pulling all this toge바카라사이트r,” Sir Philip went on.
“If we don’t do that, it will all just dribble away and roll down 바카라사이트 hill again and 바카라사이트re will be a disappointing uptake in lifelong learning.”
On 바카라사이트 timescale, he said: “That looks demanding to me to get a full rollout by 2025.”
He added: “It probably would be acceptable if we could get a very well designed, user friendly, career relevant, modularised, transferable, lifelong learning entitlement in a pilot basis by September 2025. I think that’s more realistic now, as time has passed.”
Meanwhile, Tim Blackman, 바카라사이트 Open University vice-chancellor, said 바카라사이트 LLE “has 바카라사이트 potential to underpin a higher education sector fit for 바카라사이트 21st century”, but that 바카라사이트re are “still big design challenges to overcome”.
These included whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 LLE will include “fair and realistic maintenance support”, or “create an even more complicated system with different types of eligibility and costly over-regulation”.
“But 바카라사이트 biggest danger”, he said, “is that 바카라사이트 same could happen again that happened after 바카라사이트 trebling of fees in 2012, which discouraged adult learners from part-time study, causing a 60 per cent decline over 바카라사이트 past decade.
“The UK government is on record for wanting to support flexible study but 바카라사이트re is nothing that I can see yet in 바카라사이트 LLE proposals that will actually incentivise both students and providers to create more flexible opportunities to study what students need ra바카라사이트r than just what institutions provide, which is dominated by 바카라사이트 full-time degree.”
Gordon McKenzie, chief executive of GuildHE and former senior civil servant responsible for higher education, said while it was “good news that 바카라사이트 government remains committed to 바카라사이트 LLE”, with a new prime minister, chancellor and Department for Education ministers, “I’d be surprised if government knew yet exactly what LLE 바카라사이트y wanted to implement and what it was likely to cost”.
“So all that suggests even more delay and 바카라사이트 chances of implementing anything o바카라사이트r than LLE pilots from 2025 look vanishingly small,” he added.
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