Lancashire LLN

Institutions

  • Universities:
  • The University of Central Lancashire (lead),
  • The University of Cumbria,
  • Edge Hill University,
  • Lancaster University,
  • The Open University in the North West.
  • Colleges:
  • Accrington and Rossendale College,
  • Blackburn College,
  • Blackpool and the Fylde College,
  • Burnley College,
  • Lancaster and Morecombe College,
  • Myerscough College,
  • Nelson and Colne College,
  • Preston College,
  • Runshaw College,
  • Southport College,
  • St Mary's College Blackburn,
  • Skelmersdale and Ormskirk Colleges.

Contact

Alan Mould, Director, Lancashire LLN, c/o Advancement, Room FB119, Foster Building, University of Central Lancashire, PRESTON PR1 2HE, tel 01772 892675 e-mail amould@uclan.ac.uk

Award

£2.132 million

Period of funding

May 2008 - August 2011

Summary

The Lancashire LLN aims to bring together further education and higher education providers in Lancashire. It encourages their liaison with employers and related organisations to develop guaranteed progression opportunities for learners in key priority sectors of vocational learning both into and through HE.

This will:

  • give vocational learners parity of esteem and opportunity with learners who follow what is regarded as a 'more academic' route, and ensure that there are equivalent opportunities for vocational learners to achieve their full potential
  • contribute to the provision of higher level skills that will be essential to the future of the Lancashire and the North West economies.

Objectives

In order to realise these aims, the Lancashire LLN will work towards the achievement of the following objectives:

  • to create or enhance progression opportunities up to honours degree level for all the county's learners in the priority sector areas
  • to facilitate and ensure progression opportunities into and through higher education on vocational and work-based routes by developing negotiated agreements between the providing institutions
  • to identify gaps in provision that are acting as barriers to progression and develop and create courses to fill these gaps
  • to enhance the supply and relevance of higher education provision for employers and individuals through improved institutional processes and procedures
  • to stimulate demand from employers and individuals for higher level education and skills
  • to improve the coherence and accessibility of higher education, by better information, advice and guidance for employers, vocational learners and their advisers
  • to undertake course development to ensure all necessary steps are in place on the various progression ladders and curriculum development to ensure compatibility of course content for progression purposes
  • to build on current networks to create even stronger, sustainable partnerships between the further and higher education sectors, work-based learning providers and employers
  • to improve performance in five of the key priority sectors of the Lancashire economic development strategy by up-skilling individuals and businesses
  • to ensure outcomes of the LLN are sustainable.

Last updated 13 January 2009