Launch of �3.85million Lifelong Learning Project

Students in the new Pilkington building

A £3.85 million programme to help thousands of people in the region to gain new skills and progress into higher education is to be launched next week (Thursday, March 15). The Kent & Medway Lifelong Learning Network will encourage local people to take advantage of vocational and work-based courses to improve their skills and get better jobs. A partnership of 11 higher and further education institutions it also includes other key regional partners.

Speakers at the event will include Baroness (Tessa) Blackstone, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Greenwich and Professor David Melville, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kent along with Malcolm Bell, Principal of North West Kent College, who represents the further education colleges in the network.

Dr Margaret Noble, chair of Kent & Medway Lifelong Learning Network’s steering group, says: “It is very important for the economy of this region that more people should have the opportunity to upgrade their skills, or gain new ones, to provide the workforce that employers need. The Lifelong Learning Network will offer information, advice and a wide range of courses, from short programmes to degrees and postgraduate awards, making it as easy as possible for people to engage in university level study.”

The Kent & Medway Lifelong Learning Network includes Canterbury Christ Church University, the University of Greenwich, the University of Kent, the University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Maidstone and Rochester, Canterbury College, Hadlow College, North West Kent College, Mid Kent College, South Kent College, Thanet College and K College.

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