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Bringing Learning to Life

Description

A scheme to bring free Level 1 Functional Skills courses to tens of thousands of people via online learning has been launched by the OU in partnership with Further Education (FE) Colleges in England. It will help people develop basic skills in English and Maths by studying on the OpenLearn platform, and they can then get a qualification via a local college partner.

Tablet screen with OpenLearnThe pilot project, funded by the Department for Education’s Flexible Learning Fund, involves three colleges – Bedford College Group, Middlesbrough College and West Herts College – who have worked with the OU to develop the online courses. This is the first time that the OU has collaborated closely with FE colleges to support learners at this level.

People can access course materials on OpenLearn at their leisure and study at a pace and time that suits them. Each college will support learners in their area and facilitate exams so that people can go on to get their Functional Skills qualification if they wish – all for free.

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Primary educational sector

  • Vocational Education

Secondary educational sector

  • Further Education

Partner

  • OER Hub
    OER Hub

    OER Hub is a research team based at The Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK. They provide research consultancy and capacity building in open education. The OER Hub team hav...

  • The Open University
    The Open University

    The Open University (OU) is a public distance learning and research university, and one of the biggest universities in the UK for undergraduate education. The OU provides around 5% of its course mater...

Affiliated Persons

  • Dr. Rob Farrow
    Dr. Rob Farrow

    I'm a Research Fellow at The Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University (UK). I've worked on a range of research projects around open education (including OER Hub and Global OER Graduat...

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  • Bringing Learning to Life: Evaluation of Everyday Skills in maths and English

    This report describes and analyses survey data responses, web analytics and other data relating to the Bringing Learning to Life project. Bringing Learning to Life was funded by the Department for Ed...

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