This report forms part of an international project, led by UNESCO's International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), on higher education's role in supporting "flexible learning pathways." Flexible learning pathways in higher education provide routes to the acquisition of knowledge and skills at different life stages, to meet the…

The crucial issue in the rapid development of part-time degree level work will be the relationship between these new degrees and the existing qualifications. (EB)

Survey responses from 22 of 100 British adult education institutions found adult students had a variety of motivations, both vocational and nonvocational, for participating in metal working courses. Access to resources and adequate course offerings was sometimes difficult for part-time students. (SK)

Discusses the results of a study of the background characteristics of graduates of part-time business studies degree programs. (JOW)

A discussion of university provision for parttime students in England and some proposals for improvement. (Editor)

Discusses agents of change in provision of part-time education in Britain: the role of the National Council for Vocational Qualifications, the Education Reform Act, growing use of performance indicators, Training and Enterprise Councils, and a change to funding through learners. (SK)

A course in English for speakers of other languages at a British college evolved from part-time language development offered with a mainstream course. The more extensive support students needed expanded into a vocational program with a language component. (SK)

Degrees granted for part-time study are minimal in Britain and have been mainly awarded by London University. A small amount of part-time degree work is also carried on by Goldsmiths' College, West Ham College of Technology, and the Universities of Manchester, Durham, and Belfast. The establishment of the National Council for Academic Awards has…

A discussion of university provision for the least considered students, and some proposals for improvement. (Editor)

This article by the Council of Europe includes extracts from a letter sent to all universities in 1981 by the British University Grants Committee. The committee suggests ways to reshape arts, science, medicine, and part-time and continuing education within the financial constraints determined by the government. (AM)

Describes how two practicing craftspeople in Great Britain designed a part-time adult education course to increase students' awareness of design in crafts as well as to teach them survival skills of promotion and marketing. (SK)

The Adult Education with Theological Reflection program developed jointly by the Church of England and University College Chester is a postgraduate program for adult educators working in church contexts. The open learning, modular approach facilitates part-time study. (SK)

The educational agenda for the 1990s appears to be mass higher education, which will cause expansion of part-time higher education. A single funding method should be developed to achieve better integration of part-time study into higher education. (SK)