Flexible Learning Pathways in Higher Education: a UNESCO project
- John Brennan, Open University
- Michaela Martin, IIEP-UNESCO Programme Specialist
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From 2018 to 2021, the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP–UNESCO) launched a comprehensive international research on ‘SDG 4: Planning Flexible Learning Pathways in Higher Education’. The expansion and diversification of higher education have led in many countries to highly fragmented HE systems, which are difficult to navigate for learners. In addition, there are today also more diverse learners, such as first generation students, adult learners and returnees to higher education that require more flexibility in access, progression and preparation for the labour market. The study therefore aimed to collect knowledge on both appropriate policies and good practices for the design and implementation of flexible learning pathways in higher education. The project includes a stocktaking, a global survey and eight in-depth country case studies (Chile, Finland, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Morocco, South Africa and the UK). Drawing from the research findings, this webinar aims to present selected research findings from both the international research and more specifically the UK case study.
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John Brennan is an Honorary Research Fellow at Oxford University and an Emeritus Professor at the UK Open University where he directed the Centre for Higher Education Research and Information for 20 years. A sociologist with many research projects and publications on higher education and its changing relationships with society.
Michaela Martin has a track record of more than 25 years in research and teaching in higher education policy, governance and planning. She holds a doctorate in Education from the University of Paris, a Post-graduate degree from the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, a Master’s degree in Franco-German Economic Relations from the University of Paris III (France).
Since she joined the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) in 1990, she has been specializing in the management of higher education. Since 2004, she has been in charge of an international research and training programme in the area of internal and external quality assurance in higher education. Since 2017, she is in charge of a research on flexible learning pathways in higher education. Since January 2021 she is the interim R&D team leader at UNESCO IIEP.
Over the years, she has published some 50 single or co-authored books, articles and several series of training modules.
