Sector Qualifications Strategy - Lifelong Learning UK
Published February 2010
The Lifelong Learning sector covers five key constituency groups, Community learning and development, Further education, Higher education, Libraries, archives and information services and Work based learning.
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These five key constituency groups are detailed below:
- Community learning and development (CLD) - covering adult and community learning/community based adult learning; community development, community education, development education, youth work, family learning and work 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.
The size of the workforce is estimated to be between 800,000 and 1,200,000 individuals, with significant numbers of volunteers in the Community Learning and Development constituency.
The Sector Qualifications Strategy (SQS) follows on from the Sector Skills Agreements and builds on the work carried out in Stages 1 – 5 to ensure that individuals working within the LLUK footprint have access to qualifications which not only encourage development and progression, but also recognise and reflect the skills and knowledge achieved at all stages in an individual’s career.
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