WYLLN downloads:

• Information booklet
• Sector group booklet

Introduction

The School is committed to providing opportunity to establish further and higher education that truly supports the full range of learners, throughout a lifetime of work and study.

To deliver this ambition the School is a leading member of the West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network (WYLLN) and holds strategic leadership of the Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing, including Food Manufacturing and related Industrial Chemistry (AEMFC) Sector. The WYLLN is a partnership of higher education institutions, further education colleges and other strategic organisations throughout West Yorkshire. All of our partners are committed to providing quality vocational learning opportunities to enable learners to progress into and through higher education.

The challenge for the partners is that vocational learners do not enjoy the same clear routes of progression into and through higher education as traditional learners. One study compared the typical pattern of progression to ‘crazy paving’. The activity of the School and WYLLN will strive to:

• Develop curricula to make progression easier by removing barriers, promoting bridging provision and involving employers.
• Offer learners lifelong learning information, advice and guidance and track their progress.
• Produce progression agreements that define for learners what they can reasonably expect from their universities and colleges and which these institutions have to commit to.

Follow the link to the main WYLLN web site.