Lifelong learning and well-being

Tom Schuller

NIACE

SWOb

Bath, March 2010

tomschuller@longviewuk.com

The Foresight definition

Wellbeing is “a dynamic state, in which the individual is able to develop their potential, work productively and creatively, build strong and positive relationships with others, and contribute to their community. It is enhanced when an individual is able to fulfill their personal and social goals and achieve a sense of purpose in society”

Government Office for Science, 2008, 10

“ Measuring the size of these wider benefits of learning is an important research priority, where progress requires better measures of people’s characteristics in a range of domains and surveys that follow the same individual over time.”

Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi

Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress, 2009, p47

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PVA 2: mental health

• Estimated cost to employers of mental ill-health: £25 bn (Sainsbury Centre)

• Empirical evidence from longitudinal data on impact on mental health of raising educational level of women with no qualifications (Chevalier & Feinstein)

• 1% saving = £250 million

• Family as well as personal benefits

Intergenerational mutual investment

IFLL Final ReportIFLL Strategic Framework for Lifelong Learning

Interim Papers

Thematic Stocktake Sectoral Public Value

Employment & Work Demography and Social

Structure Wellbeing and Happiness Migration and

Communities Technological Change Poverty Reduction Citizenship and Belonging Crime and Social

Exclusion Sustainable Development

Public Sector Investment Private Sector Investment Third Sector Investment Individual Commitment

Participation, over 10 years

Equality

Early childhood Schools Further Education Higher Education Local Authorities Voluntary Sector Family learning Private Training Providers Cultural institutions

Poverty Health Crime Wellbeing

Horizon Scanning / Scenario Planning

Outline of Inquiry Papers