Redefining lifelong learning - Lessons from around the globe

• Increased investment in lifelong learning Many of these countries invest more public funding in education, both to encourage and enable a wide range of provision and to reduce the cost of learning for individuals. [...] And closing skills gaps around the world could boost global GDP by $11.5 trillion.11 Redefining lifelong learning: Lessons from around the globe 8 Challenges for lifelong learning We’ve spoken with experts from the UK and around the world: to understand the current challenges involved in expanding lifelong learning, and to identify where we need to make changes. [...] Research by the Centre for Ageing Better found ageism is the most widely accepted form of discrimination in the UK – and the least examined.13 “If she’s only going to do another couple of years anyway, what’s the point of investing thousands of pounds of training?” Line manager in local government14 Ageist stereotypes can act as a barrier to people in mid and later life being offered training at w. [...] In this chapter we explore approaches being taken in the UK and by individual businesses around the world to: • Shift cultural attitudes to lifelong learning • Increase the range of learning opportunities • Support people to identify opportunities for learning • Widen state support for adult learning • Build stronger links between work and learning Changing cultures of lifelong learning Initiative. [...] “Education doesn’t [only] happen in colleges and universities alone, it also happens in workplaces, in communities and in a multitude of other settings across the country.”149 James Withers, independent advisor to the Scottish government There are promising examples of new ways to deliver learning and skills development to adults – from using technology to deliver learning by stealth, to developin.