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Landscapes for Lifelong Learning
Are we going in the right direction?
Annual NIACE / OECD Conference 2006
| Date: | Wednesday 10 May 2006 |
| Venue: | CBI Conference Centre, London |
| Ref: | C13-16/05/06 |
| Fee*: | £270 Statutory/Private Organisations £250 NIACE Members for the first applicant and £225 for subsequent Member applicants from the same organisation *(includes lunch, tea/coffee) |
[Background] [Audience] [Programme]
Background
NIACE and OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) mount an annual conference to share recent findings from OECD's work in the field of lifelong learning, as a framework and to provide the opportunity to test current policy directions and debates in the UK against practice in other industrialised states. This year’s event explores three themes:
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Firstly, what are the key emerging issues in mapping lifelong learning, and what kinds of evidence do we need for exploring them? This session will address how we link future thinking to current trends. |
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Secondly, Open
Educational Resources provide opportunities for learners, and challenges for
institutions. Since MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) put much of
its undergraduate teaching materials on the web as freeware there has been a
vivid debate about how much institutions can and |
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Finally, qualifications reform and transferability are key concerns in an increasingly global labour market. How practicable is it to adopt international standards? Where is the cutting edge practice. |
Each year the conference hears presentations of OECD work, and interrogates them using authoritative UK commentators as respondents.
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Audience
The conference is designed for policy-makers, academics and practitioners in the field of lifelong learning particularly from the following organisations:
| Business Support Organisations; |
| Businesses and Employers; |
| CBI Offices; |
| Chambers of Commerce; |
| Community Groups; |
| Education Business Links; |
| Education Consultants; |
| Employment Service; |
| FE Colleges; |
| Government Departments with responsibilities for education, skills and economic development; |
| Learning and Skills Councils; |
| Learning Partnerships; |
| Local Educational Authorities; |
| Organisations supporting equality of opportunity and social inclusion; |
| Probation Service; |
| Professional Associations; |
| QCA and Awarding Bodies; |
| Regional Development Agencies; |
| Sector Skills Councils; |
| Trade Unions; |
| Training Organisations; |
| Training Providers; |
| Ufi/Learndirect; |
| Voluntary Groups. |
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Programme
| 09:45 | Arrival and registration (Tea/Coffee available) |
| 10:20 | Welcome and
Introduction to the Day from the Chair Chair: Prof Alan Tuckett, OBE, Director, NIACE |
| Session 1 | |
| 10:25 |
Current OECD research/policy work affecting lifelong
learning |
| 10:45 |
Questions from the floor |
| 10:50 |
Response from Dr. Kathryn Ecclestone, Reader in Assessment for Lifelong Learning, University of Nottingham |
| 11:00 | Group discussions |
| Session 2 | |
| 11:30 |
Open Educational Resources |
| 11:50 | Questions from the floor |
| 11:55 |
Response from Prof (Dr.) Linda Jones, Pro Vice Chancellor - Curriculum and Awards, Open University |
| 12:05 | Group discussions |
| 12:30 | Feedback from group discussions to the panel of speakers |
| 12:50 | Lunch |
| Session 3 | |
| 13:45 |
Learning and Qualifications |
| 14:05 | Questions from the floor |
| 14:10 |
Response from Peter Wilson, Development Officer, NIACE |
| 14:20 | Group discussions |
| 14:50 |
What are the implications for the UK – A Government
Perspective |
| 15:10 | Questions from the floor |
| 15:15 | Open debate on the future challenges |
| 15:30 |
Closing Comments |
| 15:40 | Close and Depart |
This programme is correct at the time of going to press. The organisers reserve the right to make changes to the published programme in the event of one or more of the advertised speakers being unable to attend. Delegates will have no claim against NIACE in respect of such changes.
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