29 September 2025
Lifelong Learning Entitlement needs a new kind of careers service
The Lifelong Education Institute calls for a new kind of careers service to support adults as the launch of the Lifelong Learning Entitlement approaches.
A short course trial run by the Office for Students in 2022/23 had disappointing results but the DfE is planning a second trial in the coming academic year. Then the first enrolment window for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) is expected to be in September 2026.
The Lifelong Education Institute calls for a different approach to careers guidance for those looking at the LLE, as they make decisions that are both objective calculations and psychological. Their concern is that the current careers support for adults is ‘neither widely available enough, or sufficiently well-resourced to reach the 15 million individuals who could benefit from the LLE’.
They call for careers information, advice and guidance services to involve the colleges and adult education colleges who provide training at levels 2 and 3, have up-to-date information on local job markets, and balance encouraging ambitious learning goals and realistic assessments of capability.
The article finishes by saying; ‘New thinking is needed to move towards a comprehensive adult careers offer’.
Read the full article from Lifelong Education Institute.
A short course trial run by the Office for Students in 2022/23 had disappointing results but the DfE is planning a second trial in the coming academic year. Then the first enrolment window for the Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) is expected to be in September 2026.
The Lifelong Education Institute calls for a different approach to careers guidance for those looking at the LLE, as they make decisions that are both objective calculations and psychological. Their concern is that the current careers support for adults is ‘neither widely available enough, or sufficiently well-resourced to reach the 15 million individuals who could benefit from the LLE’.
They call for careers information, advice and guidance services to involve the colleges and adult education colleges who provide training at levels 2 and 3, have up-to-date information on local job markets, and balance encouraging ambitious learning goals and realistic assessments of capability.
The article finishes by saying; ‘New thinking is needed to move towards a comprehensive adult careers offer’.
Read the full article from Lifelong Education Institute.
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