Internationalising Higher Education

The Framework for Lifelong Learning (FLL) by the College of Estate Management (CEM) is a major new product that assists CEM in maintaining its status as the leading international body providing supported e-learning, education and training to people in the property and construction professions and industries, for the benefit of the public. FLL innovation provides a quality assurance framework within which CEM are able to deliver flexible bite-sized learning to individuals or organisations anywhere in the world. FLL received approval from an external validation panel in August 2008. While it recognises that not everyone can afford (financially or in time) to undertake full academic programmes that may take between two and four years to complete, CEM are committed to making learning available to such individuals and organisations. FLL allows parts of longer academic courses to be studied and assessed in isolation and with attached credits eventually leading to a Certificate or Diploma in Lifelong Learning. It also allows for specific courses to be developed to meet the needs of particular groups at a reasonable cost as the QA provisions are already in place through the framework. This poster will discuss FLL and the importance of innovation in education.