West Yorkshire - Lifelong Learning Network

The West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network will develop Progression Agreements in order to establish clear and coherent routes onto higher education courses. This will provide vocational learners with opportunities equal to traditional learners following academic routes.

What are Progression Agreements?

Progression Agreements are formal detailed agreements which enable student progression from one course of study to higher level courses of study and must be agreed to, and signed by, course leaders and the institutions involved.

The sender institution may be a Further Education College, Higher Education Institution, company providing work-based learning, employers’ representative body, or other provider of vocational education.

The receiving institution will normally be either a Higher Education Institution or Further Education College offering higher education courses.

Progression Agreements may make guarantees to learners of interviews, or of an offer on a place on a course. In some cases they will include additional agreements about teaching and learning activities, or about the support that is available to learners.

A particular emphasis for WYLLN will be to establish Progression Agreements for the new 14-19 Diploma qualifications which commence from September 2008.

Over the next three years, the WYLLN will be working with higher education providers, companies and employers’ representative bodies to develop a range of institution to institution and network wide Progression Agreements for West Yorkshire vocational learners.

• Active WYLLN Recognised Progression Agreements
• Progression Agreement Documents
• WYLLN Progression Agreement Framework Evaluation Report