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APL: Developing more flexible colleges

By Michael Field

Published July 29th 1993 by Routledge – 152 pages

Series: Further Education: The Assessment and Accreditation of Prior Learning

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Description

The keystones for provision in the new era of Further Education will be flexibility of response, open access, equality of opportunity, and valuing and accrediting alternative ways of learning - all linked together within the concepts of providing life-long learning opportunities. The provision of APL, along with the support services needed to ensure its success, can be used as the `acid test' of whether a college is truly open and accessible to a variety of learners. Written by an experienced manager, this book offers invaluable advice for other managers and senior staff engaged in transforming their colleges to meet students' needs.

Reviews

`… an interesting and comprehensive introduction to APEL as it stands and could develop in FE.' - JFHE 18 (2) Summer 1994