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Board members
Chair of the Board
Professor Julian Crampton - Vice-Chancellor
"Since arriving in Brighton, just over a year ago, I have been impressed by the way in which there is broad agreement about the role and importance of higher education to local businesses and communities. For me, the decision to create a Lifelong Learning Network is an embodiment of that common purpose.
I want it to add real value to our joint working and provide a forum through which we improve the opportunities for vocational learners. Creating change for others starts by recognising the need to change ourselves."
University of Brighton
David House - Deputy Vice-Chancellor
"We're working closely with colleagues in further and higher education and with employers to broaden the opportunities for vocational learners in Sussex. Our aim over the next two years is to transform higher level vocational provision in Sussex, creating more opportunities for people of all ages to engage with higher education, in more locations, and more flexibly."
University of Sussex
Professor Joanne Wright - Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)
"One critical aim of the Sussex Learning Network is to create flexible pathways so that students can experience and benefit from its collective strengths."
University of Chichester
Professor Clive Behagg - Deputy Vice-Chancellor
"The University of Chichester is pleased to be a partner in the Sussex Learning Network. Working together, HE and the FE institutions can offer a much wider range of opportunities to learners in Sussex than would otherwise be possible. It is our great hope that as a result of our efforts, many people who may not have contemplated gaining a higher education qualification, will now see this as an attainable goal for them."
The Open University in the South East
Liz Gray - Regional Director
"The Open University in the South East is delighted to be contributing to the work of the Sussex Learning Network, particularly in developing Information Advice and Guidance and e-learning opportunities. I very much hope that in 2007 we will see greater clarity in the presentation of options for learners in Sussex and the ground prepared for improved progression opportunities."
Northbrook College Sussex
David Percival - Principal
"The Sussex Learning Network has tremendous potential to open up new routes of learning for new learners in Sussex. Our vision reaches beyond any single institution and provides a real opportunity to bring higher education to the heart of our communities."
FE Sussex
Dr Jackie Johnston - Principal (The College of Richard Collyer)
"The FE Sussex colleges are pleased to be part of the Sussex Learning Network and are committed to working in partnership to develop appropriate high level learning routes to meet the needs of the area and the Sussex community."
Sussex Council of Training Providers
Paul Kendall - Managing Director, The EDF Ltd and Director and Vice Chair, SCTP Ltd
"We have a responsibility to improve and promote opportunities to access higher education for the learners and employers of Sussex and, working with its partners, it is hoped that the Sussex Learning Network will lead in achieving this objective."
Sussex Learning and Skills Council
David Smith - Area Director
"Sussex learners and employers deserve a public funded education and training service that is capable of co-operative working and imaginative thinking. Employers and learners will demand, rightly, that what is offered to them, by way of training and educational programmes, is the best that the collective powers of higher and further education can offer. We need to meet those demands by modern, carefully planned, collaborative learning routes and the network gives us the framework to achieve this."
Sussex Enterprise
Mark Froud - Chief Executive
"On behalf of Sussex Enterprise I am delighted that we have been invited to sit on the board of the Sussex Learning Network.
We are extremely fortunate to be one of the first areas in England to secure funding to develop a Lifelong Learning Network.
There are some exciting challenges ahead and by working together I know we can make a real difference."
Local Authorities
Membership to be confirmed
West Sussex County Council
http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/
Philip Ward, Youth and Connexions Commissioning Manager
Brighton & Hove City Council
http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/
"The Sussex Learning Network has a key role to play in providing the next generation of skilled workers for Sussex. The SLN can enable young people to access careers they want to follow by providing clear pathways, linked to the needs of business and the Sussex economy."
Kieran McNamara - Head of Strategic Economic Development and Skills
East Sussex County Council
http://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/
Nextstep - East and West Sussex
Stephen Tregidgo - Executive Manager - VT Enterprise (South)
"An important part of advising people on the management of their career is to understand how they like to learn and how that relates to their circumstances. With the feedback we gain from individuals, it is very clear that many people could benefit from higher education but in different ways to that traditionally offered. Being a member of this Board provides another opportunity to express that to those planning and funding higher education; and in turn to make resultant developments and changes made known to those seeking to non-traditional access to higher education."
Sussex Learning Network
Chris Baker - Director
"The Sussex Learning Network must demonstrate that by working together colleges and universities can create new opportunities and pathways that will make higher education a reality for those already in and entering work. This will only be achieved if two things happen. Firstly, a concerted effort is made amongst local employers and employees to raise awareness of the benefits which higher education has to offer adults at any stage of their working life. Secondly, if those providing the opportunities can respond directly to what the local community and employers need.
Bringing higher education within reach is not just a slogan but is the basis on which the SLN should be judged."
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