Highlands and Islands Partnership Programme logo
… prosperous, inclusive and self-sustaining communities,
where the unique cultures,
traditions and environments are enhanced …
Priority 3
ESF Trainee
 

Priority 3

Improving Access to Lifelong Learning 

“To widen access to lifelong learning, increasing the range of quality education and training provision available and participation rates, particularly through the UHI and its network.” 

This Priority focuses on delivering what the people who have been drawn into learning and training require, where and when they can most easily access it.  To achieve this, learning providers must identify new ways of design, delivery and evaluation of learning which meets the needs of those people who have, to date, felt excluded, alienated or threatened by learning.

 

  • Projects which develop and mainstream successfully tested innovative approaches to learning, particularly for those target groups for ESF Priority 1;
  • Development of new training materials or course content to accommodate different cultural and skills backgrounds;
  • Creating and distribution of new online learning materials;
  • Initiatives which support local learning centres and access points;
  • Workplace initiatives and those linking learning and training for groups of companies or employees which would not otherwise participate.

Up to 55% of this Priority will be allocated to University of the Highlands and Islands in their capacity as Strategic Delivery Body (SDB) during the lifetime of the Programme.

€15.124m, or 29%, of ESF has been allocated to the Priority to support these activities.