Professor
John Storan is Director of Continuum, the Centre for Widening Participation
Policy Studies at the University of East London. He was Founding
Chair of the Forum for the Advancement of Continuing Education (FACE)
In 2001 he was made a Professorial Fellow at the University of Manchester
Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He has been an influential
regional and national figure on Widening Participation in HE and
was a member of the NABCE National Group, established by the Higher
Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in 1994, which paved
the way for subsequent Widening Participation policy developments.
He has been a member of a number of HEFCE groups and served for
example as Vice Chair for the Access Advisory Partnership and is
also a member of the National Steering Group for Aimhigher: Partnerships
for Progression. He was a pioneer of the Assessment of Prior Experiential
Learning (APEL) in the UK and has chaired the SEEC APEL network
since it was established.
In addition to his UK experience John also has wide international
experience as result of his keynotes and conference inputs and involvement
in European research and development projects and is an active council
member of the European Universities Continuing Education Network
(EUCEN).
He has written extensively and is the author of a range of publications
on APEL, Lifelong Learning, Widening Participation and Credit Accumulation
and Transfer and a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal
for Adult and Continuing Education.He has longstanding experience
as an external examiner in universities throughout the UK. He led
the BBC Inquiry into broadcasting and HE, the findings and recommendations
from which were published in the report 'BBC Education and Higher
Education'. Over recent years he has been advising and helping to
co-ordinate the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
and Learning and Skills Council (LSC) Widening Participation policy
as part of the national Co-ordinator team, Action on Access.
Professor
John Storan is Director of Continuum, the Centre for Widening Participation
Policy Studies at the University of East London. He was Founding
Chair of the Forum for the Advancement of Continuing Education (FACE)
In 2001 he was made a Professorial Fellow at the University of Manchester
Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He has been an influential
regional and national figure on Widening Participation in HE and
was a member of the NABCE National Group, established by the Higher
Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in 1994, which paved
the way for subsequent Widening Participation policy developments.
He has been a member of a number of HEFCE groups and served for
example as Vice Chair for the Access Advisory Partnership and is
also a member of the National Steering Group for Aimhigher: Partnerships
for Progression. He was a pioneer of the Assessment of Prior Experiential
Learning (APEL) in the UK and has chaired the SEEC APEL network
since it was established.