Lifelong Learning Platform - European Civil Society for Education’s Post

Check out this week's fantastic guest blog by Jo Malone, FRSA from our friends The Foundation for Education Development. Jo introduces a groundbreaking education policy shift that promises to shape the future of education. Don't miss out on this must-read blog ahead of our upcoming joint NGA-FED forum! Click here for more: 👉 https://lnkd.in/ehXKSRSj   #EducationPolicy #FutureofEducation #GuestBlog

🗣️This #InternationalDayofEducation we want to reflect on the Education and Training Monitor 2023 published by the European Commission on 28 November during the European Education Summit and the challenging situation for the teaching profession from a #LifelongLearning perspective. ➡️ Read more here: https://lnkd.in/emxSEhrp

Investment in 3rd level education in Ireland has been a significant factor (amongst other factors) in Irelands economic success in attracting and keeping multinationals and FDI. We run the risk of adversely impacting this competitive advantage if underfunding of higher education continues.

Our new report titled ‘Embracing Diversity in all its Forms’: The Voluntary Secondary Sector in Irish Education examines the contribution of the voluntary secondary sector to the Irish education system, taking a holistic view of what schools are doing and how they are doing it.   💡 Learn more about the report: https://lnkd.in/egey-46y   📄 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/ePr5mChz

GuildHE responds to the Office for Students’ report 'Financial Sustainability of Higher Education Providers in England', stating the urgency of a long-term funding solution to protect the current diversity of sector providers ⬇ Read the report: https://bit.ly/4aqheO6

Championing the importance of a diverse higher education sector - a new GuildHE manifesto. The higher education sector is made up of a huge range of providers - including conservatoires, smaller universities and specialist institutions - delivering a wide variety of learning environments, course types and qualification routes. The UK higher education sector is stronger for being diverse providing choice for students and education often in remote parts of the UK. However, the financial pressures facing higher education place this diversity at risk. We make a number of recommendations to protect and enhance this diversity to enable both students and higher education institutions to thrive. #universities #highereducation #highered #GE2024 #GeneralElection

Though I’m not yet formally in post, I’m happy to share the GuildHE manifesto containing key recommendations for the next government. Our focus must remain on championing the diversity of our sector. It’s richness is derived from its wide variety of providers; some large, some medium-sized, some small; some more traditional, some very new; some providing on-campus, off-campus, blended learning or all 3; all delivering to towns, cities and regions across the devolved nations, enabling students of all ages to undertake lifelong learning that improves their lives, careers and experiences. There is no one-size fits all, and unless we think creatively, we risk losing the diversity that makes UK HE so attractive to both domestic and international students. Not only that, a less attractive, strong and robust system would weaken the UK’s soft power around the world at a time we need to be showing ourselves as deep and meaningful collaborative partners to tackle global challenges. I look forward to working with my GuildHE team and many of you in (and outwith) the sector to secure the strength and diversity of our sector!

The Regional Forum on Education Policy 2024 addressed the most urgent challenges facing education systems in Latin America and the Caribbean 🌎 During the event, education specialists and decision-makers brought together theory and practice to outline strategies to address critical contexts in education. Find out more about the highlights and main reflections in the following article ➡️ https://lnkd.in/d_7rBqyj

Great to see that GRADE is among the flagship datasets included in the latest ADR UK (Administrative Data Research UK) funding call for #ResearchFellowships. Find out more about: - how GRADE has been used so far (https://bit.ly/49AJYEB) 📜 📈; and - how to apply (https://bit.ly/48ptk9x) 📝💻

Today, we have published a new report titled ‘Embracing Diversity in all its Forms’: The Voluntary Secondary Sector in Irish Education, by Selina McCoy, Eamonn Carroll and Keyu Ye.   The report examines the contribution of the voluntary secondary sector to the Irish education system, taking a holistic view of what schools are doing and how they are doing it.   💡 Learn more about the report: https://lnkd.in/egey-46y   📄 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/ePr5mChz