What can the LLN offer an adult learner

For many, the traditional three year honours degree may not always fit in with their personal circumstances, work commitments or career requirements. Instead, the shorter, more employment-focused foundation degree is an excellent alternative.

The Cheshire and Warrington Lifelong Learning Network (LLN) is a partnership of providers who design and deliver Foundation Degrees tailored to the needs of our sub-region.  These part and full time qualifications all involve learning which is relevant to the workplace and fall within 7 broad vocational areas:

• Business, Enterprise and Public Services
• Creative and Cultural Industries
• Engineering
• Environment and Bio-Sciences
• Health and Social Care
• Information and Communication Technology
• Sport, Health and Education

 

The LLN aims to promote clear pathways and comprehensive progression routes leading into these Foundation Degrees from other provision, whether through colleges, employers or other providers of education and training.

With no need for A levels, a flexible admissions criteria, courses directly related to what employers in the region need and extensive progression routes, a Foundation Degree is the next logical step.
A foundation degree could give you the chance to learn while you work, and earn a university degree at the same time. Because they are a mixture of theory and functional work-based activities, foundation degrees are the perfect solution for a wide variety of people, offering them the chance to develop a broad range of skills designed with specific careers and professions in mind.
Because many of you want to continue your education closer to home, or alongside your working life, many foundation degrees are offered part-time as well as full-time, and are delivered partly in the work place and partly by your local university or college of further education.  This makes them easier to schedule and complete at any time in your life, depending upon your needs.
Students who wish to study full time are entitled to the same financial support as those studying for a three-year honours degree, although the foundation degree tuition fees are considerably lower