A collection of resources resulting from two Flexible Learning Summits held in 2011 and 2012.
The Flexible Learning Summit had its second and final meeting on April 23rd 2012. It was the conclusion to some significant experimental work over the last decade funded by HEFCE and constituting three strands : accelerated degrees work-based learning and technology based learning. These experiments were intended to find ways to cater for less traditional entrants to HE who required greater flexibility in their study in order to balance other commitments perhaps to work or caring responsibilities amongst others.
The first FL summit was held last year in Leeds where practitioners from the three strands of work met to share learning and to draft recommendations for manager and policy makers. Their initial report was aired with PVCs last autumn to test their response and modify suggestions in light of their experience.
The second summit meeting was for institutional managers policy makers and national agencies with responsibilities relevant to flexible learning in HE and we hope the outcome will be to lodge the learning from these experiments into future policy and practice.
