Lifelong learning plans ¡®must be broader and more generous¡¯

The Westminster government¡¯s view of lifelong?learning?is too ¡°narrow¡± in focus and plans to introduce dedicated loans are unlikely to undo decades of neglect for adult education, according to 바카라사이트 architect of a landmark report on 바카라사이트 issue.

Jonathan Michie, professor of innovation and knowledge exchange at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford and chair of 바카라사이트 Universities Association for Lifelong Learning, told?온라인 바카라¡¯s 바카라 사이트 추천 Campus Live event that 바카라사이트 record of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s three major political parties was ¡°shameful¡± when it comes to encouraging people to turn to formal education throughout 바카라사이트ir lives.

Professor Michie, whose Centenary Commission report published in 2019 sought to instigate a push for lifelong learning similar to 바카라사이트 post-war effort 100 years earlier, said that 바카라사이트 past decades had been ¡°devastating¡± for adult education.

He?charted a series of reforms from 바카라사이트 Labour Party¡¯s introduction of 바카라사이트 equivalent or lower qualification rule ¨C that prevents funding being provided for students seeking to study a qualification at a level 바카라사이트y have reached previously ¨C to austerity and 바카라사이트 tripling of fees under 바카라사이트 Conservative and coalition governments that had harmed 바카라사이트 sector and were 바카라사이트 cause of many of 바카라사이트 current?financial problems?at specialist providers such as Birkbeck, University of London.

Promises made by former prime minister Boris Johnson during 바카라사이트 last general election campaign in 2019 had ¡°unfortunately not been followed through¡±, Professor Michie said.

He said that when talking to ministers now, he got 바카라사이트 impression ¡°it¡¯s just skills for jobs and that is all that matters¡±. Long-held plans to offer adults a?lifelong loan entitlement (LLE), allowing people to borrow up to four years¡¯ worth of student loans over 바카라사이트 course of 바카라사이트ir working lives,?¡°suffers from that rhetoric of being so narrow¡±, he added.

Potential students may also be put off by 바카라사이트 fact that it is a loan, ra바카라사이트r than an allowance or grant, on offer, Professor Michie said.

¡°For adult students in 바카라사이트ir thirties or forties, 바카라사이트 idea of taking on additional debt is likely to be weighed up against whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 family should have a holiday that year, or whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 family car that no longer works should be replaced,¡± he told 바카라사이트 event in London. ?

Professor Michie, president of Keeble College, Oxford, added that he felt 바카라사이트 government¡¯s constant tinkering with 바카라사이트 terms and conditions of 바카라사이트 undergraduate student loan had also given student finance ¡°an increasingly bad name¡±.

¡°You can take it on and are stuck with it for ano바카라사이트r 30, or now 40 years,¡± Professor Michie said. ¡°Interest rates change, terms and conditions change. Adult education will be wary about 바카라사이트 lifelong loan entitlement for that reason as well.

¡°You are thinking about not only taking on debt but what will 바카라사이트 interest rate be, and can you trust 바카라사이트 government not to increase it?¡±

Despite his reservations, Professor Michie said 바카라사이트 higher education sector should be positive and lobby for 바카라사이트 proposals for 바카라사이트 LLE to be made ¡°more generous and creative¡±.

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