The Centre for Lifelong Learning (CLL) is responsible for a broad range of activities which form a key component of the University’s widening participation strategy and which make a major contribution to Warwick’s engagement with its local communities and with the wider region.

For over 25 years the University’s Centre for Lifelong Learning has been at the forefront of efforts to widen participation to higher education for local adult learners. Over that period the Open Studies programme has provided a first taste of higher level study to tens of thousands of students, many of whom have gone on to further study either at Warwick or elsewhere. For those already committed to a more substantial course of study and who are unable for work or family reasons to study on a full time basis, the Part-time Degree programme has offered a range of opportunities. For those with limited prior educational attainments but with the commitment to succeed, the 2+2 Degrees run in partnership with local colleges have provided an important route into the University for students who would never have thought of studying at a university at all.

More recently the Centre has collaborated with others, both within and outside the University, to develop a number of Foundation Degrees which enable those working in early years, counselling services and in the learning and skills sector to gain a qualification.

The work of CLL contributes to the widening participation agenda in less direct ways too. For example, its extensive teacher training programme ‘trains the trainers’ in colleges, community organisations and work-based settings, and its Diplomas for those involved in the delivery of adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL courses have attracted national recognition.

The Centre offers an exciting and diverse range of flexible Higher Education opportunities:

• Open Studies
• Counselling
• Part-time Degree programme
• Foundation Degree programme
• 2+2 Degree programme
• Personal and Professional Development programme
• Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector programme

Within the University, the Centre provides a base for the Warwick Learning Account (for University staff) and is the lead organisation for the West Midlands Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training. The Essential Skills Resource Centre is also located within CLL.

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