Wider Horizons: a regional portal for lifelong learning

The paper describes the development of a major new regional online service. Our project is creating an online educational environment open to students and members of the public to provide them with services and information they need to progress from one form of education to another within the local region. The project is being carried out at the University of Worcester in collaboration with the Hereford and Worcester Lifelong Learning Network, one of a series of networks set up across the UK. We hope that the outcome of our project will lead to setting up of similar systems in other regions, and indeed, in other parts of Europe.