Lifelong learning partnership
Over 100 staff from Sussex and six of our partner colleges - Crawley, Croydon, Lewes, Ravensbourne, West Dean and Trinity College of Music - came together last week for a staff development event at the University. The morning opened with an address by Professor Rob Fryer, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for lifelong learning at the University of Southampton and author of the recently published report Learning for the Twenty-first Century. This was followed by a series of workshops on a variety of topics, including key skills in the curriculum, new modes of learning using IT and improving access for disadvantaged groups. Although the University has been involved in staff development activities with individual colleges, this was the first time all the colleges had come together for a single event at the University. According to Peter Dennis, Assistant Registrar in the Partnership Office, "Rob Fryer's passion for his subject helped to make real the opportunities which exist for collaborative academic partnerships across the region"