Date: Wednesday 28 February 2024
Time: 1.00pm – 2.30pm GMT (2.00pm – 3.30pm CET)
Location: Virtual

At this webinar, ILC-UK launched the Redefining lifelong learning: Lessons from across the globe report.

We’re leading longer and changing working lives. Since 2007, the number of people over 70 still in work has more than doubled, and labour markets are evolving rapidly. This isn’t without its challenges: skills mismatches are on the rise, and older adults who want to remain in or return to the workforce are all too often forced into early retirement or excluded.

Lifelong learning has long been touted as a solution to challenges the UK will increasingly face as our population ages, but worthy aspirations to keep us learning have not driven enough change. We still see rates of learning drop significantly in later life.

Navigating an abundance of learning options is challenging, there are limited incentives to change careers, and there are barriers to taking time off for reskilling.

Across the world, there are brilliant examples of government policies and learning schemes that help bridge that gap. Through our research, we’ve brought together an international perspective on lifelong learning. These pockets of good practice should, and could, become everyday practice.

Chair: Isabelle Gillespie, Head of Programmes, ILC-UK
Speakers:
– Anna van Renen, Research and Policy Officer, ILC-UK
– Shani Wilson, Policy and Research Manager, Phoenix Insights
– Chris Butcher, Senior Policy Manager, WEA
– Caroline Waters OBE, Age Irrelevance Ambassador
– Marie-Louise Kok, Digital Learning Expert, Leyden Academy on Vitality and Ageing
– Jun Saito, Senior Research Fellow, Japan Centre for Economic Research
– Andrew Aitken, Economist, OECD