Lifelong learning The practice of students of all ages and backgrounds pursuing education and training throughout life. Programmes predicated on the assumption that those who undertake them have completed a Bachelors Degree or achieved comparable attainment. Mature undergraduate students are defined as those aged 21 or over on 1 August in year of entry. Mature postgraduate students are aged 25 or over on 1 August in year of entry. The module should consist of coherent and explicit learning activities.
Modules can vary in length.
There is an agreed group of modules in order to obtain an award. In each programme there will usually be modules that are compulsory, with other optional modules taken from a wider choice. The agency responsible for designing and implementing the NVQ and GNVQ framework. It merged with the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority in 1997 to form the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. Except in Scotland, this usually describes a Bachelors Degree awarded without honours.