Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP, Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education, today came to KMi as part of a visit to the Open University to find out about the current state of the art of Open Learning. He was shown Lyceum (in the context of the OU&#39s flagship Language Learning courses); and a range of new KMi technologies, from Buddyspace to Hexagon.

The minister&#39s responsibilities include: Higher Education – including standard in post 19 learning; Widening participation in HE and Review of Student support&#39 Raising Standards in Further Education – including Lifelong learning; The Learning and Skills Council – including Pay in the HE and FE sectors; European Union and overview of International Relations – Working with Stephen Twigg and Ivan Lewis on non EU busiess. And finally he is associated with Science and technology policy – also responsible for regional, regeneration and urban policy

Related Links:

• Department for Education and Skills
• DfES Higher Education Gateway
• The Lyceum Project
• Hexagon
• The Magpie Semantic Web Project
• Buddyspace