HEFCE Report on Lifelong Learning Network Student Characteristics

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HEFCE has published a report that considers students in 2006-07 and 2007-08 who undertook study provided as part of a Lifelong Learning Network.

The profiles and characteristics of Lifelong Learning Network students, as well as the characteristics of the networks themselves, are examined.

LLNs are a relatively new initiative: the first of these networks of institutions, which include higher education institutions (HEIs) and further education colleges (FECs), were established in 2005 and operational in academic year 2006-07.

They were funded to ‘improve the coherence, clarity and certainty of progression opportunities for vocational learners into and through higher education’ (HE).

Currently, data regarding individuals undertaking LLN provision are available for 2006-07 and 2007-08.

Cohorts of LLN students in these two years have been examined in this report and demonstrate the development of the initiative. Expansions in student numbers; the range of subjects studied; and the types of qualifications undertaken by LLN students have all been observed between 2006-07 and 2007-08.

Click here to visit the HEFCE website and read the report.