Welcome to the
Colleges-University of Leicester Network

The Colleges-University of Leicester Network (CULN) was set up in 2001 by the Institute of Lifelong Learning. Comprising 19 Further Education Colleges and 3 Higher Education Institutions across the East and West Midlands, the Colleges - University of Leicester Network (CULN) exists to optimise collaboration between Further and Higher Education Institutions for the benefit of both staff and learners.

Each college has a CULN 'Champion' whose role is to interpret CULN aims and objectives in terms of their own institution’s or department’s priorities, involving and disseminating information to relevant staff where appropriate e.g. becoming involved in the development of new provision such as foundation degrees or sharing practice around staff development issues. 

For details of member colleges click here
For details of the CULN champion in your institution click here

The Colleges-University of Leicester Network represents the single largest grouping of further and higher education institutions in the central Midlands, with a remit to:

• foster a cooperative relationship between its members and to promote greater collaboration, particularly in terms of the contemporary lifelong learning agenda and in widening access to higher education;
  
• provide a network for sharing information about lifelong learning and other opportunities and to enable staff to work together in their respective fields;
  
• create further links with businesses and local communities, in order to promote fair access and progression to HE and FE, and to assist in developing a regional lifelong learning network.

For more detailed information on the Network click here to download our leaflet...

How does it work?

• The network has a two-tier structure consisting of a strategic committee which debates policy and oversees the activities of the operational tier of working groups of FE and HE practitioners
  
• CULN currently supports 13 working groups, including curriculum-specific groups and more cross -cutting groups.
  
• The network provides flexible mechanisms to enable FE and HE institutions in the region to collaborate on a variety of matters of common interest, such as foundation degrees, student activities, progression and research. The network develops by responding to changing needs and priorities so that working groups are formed and dissolved as required.

Postal Address/Contact details: 128 Regent Road, University of Leicester, LE1 7PA | Tel: +44 (0)116 252 2562/5330 | Fax: +44 (0)116 252 5909 | email: [email protected]