Higher Futures, established in 2006, is the Lifelong Learning Network (LLN)

Lifelong Learning Networks

Lifelong Learning Networks were a joint initiative in the UK between the Higher Education Funding Council for England , the Learning and Skills Council and the former Department for Education and Skills...

 for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire. It is one of many LLNs operating in each region across the country.
Higher Futures aims to help vocational and work-based learners in five priority sectors - early years education, engineering, health and social care, public wellbeing, and sustainable communities - to progress from further education to higher education.

Higher Futures' partner institutions are:

• Sheffield Hallam University
  Sheffield Hallam University
  Sheffield Hallam University is a higher education institution in South Yorkshire, England, based on two sites in Sheffield. City Campus is located in the city centre, close to Sheffield railway station, and Collegiate Crescent Campus is about two miles away, adjacent to Ecclesall Road in...
  
   (lead partner)
• University of Sheffield
• Barnsley College
  Barnsley College
  Barnsley College is a further education college just outside the town centre of Barnsley, England. It has several campuses: Eastgate House, the Falcon Centre, the SciTech Centre, Old Mill Lane Site, Construction Centre Site, Bell Vue and the Honeywell Centre...
  
  
• Chesterfield College
  Chesterfield College
  Chesterfield College is a further education further and higher education college in the town of Chesterfield in North East Derbyshire, England. The college consists of three campuses spread over the town of Chesterfield and serves over 21,000 students of which 5,600 are full time attends.- History...
  
  
• Dearne Valley College
  Dearne Valley College
  Dearne Valley College is a further education college situated in the Manvers Park area of Wath-upon-Dearne, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. It also has a campus near Wath town centre....
  
  
• Doncaster College
  Doncaster College
  Doncaster College is a further and higher education college in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. It comprises two campuses, which are known as "The Hub" and the "University Centre".-Staff and students:...
  
  
• Longley Park Sixth Form College
  Longley Park Sixth Form College
  Longley Park Sixth Form College is a further education college in the Longley area of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Longley Park Sixth Form College is not owned by Sheffield College.-History:...
  
  
• North Nottinghamshire College
  North Nottinghamshire College
  North Nottinghamshire College is a further education college in Worksop in the county of Nottinghamshire in England. Ithas 1300 full-time and 8,000 part-time students, an annual budget of £15 million turnover and 500 employees....
  
  
• Northern College
  Northern College for Residential and Non-Residential Adult Education
  Northern College is one of the four long term residential adult colleges in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1978 and by 2006 was the largest of the colleges. Located at Wentworth Castle, near Barnsley, it is set in the only grade I listed landscape in South Yorkshire...
  
  
• Rotherham College of Arts and Technology
  Rotherham College of Arts and Technology
  Rotherham College of Arts and Technology is a further education college with two campus locations in South Yorkshire, England, one in Rotherham, and one in Dinnington...
  
  
• The Sheffield College
  Sheffield College
  Sheffield College is a further education college in Sheffield, England. It was formed by the merger of six FE colleges in 1993. The main centres are Sheffield City College , Hillsborough College and Norton College...
  
  
• Thomas Rotherham College
  Thomas Rotherham College
  Thomas Rotherham College is a college for 16 to 19 year olds, founded in 1967. It is located in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England.-Admissions:...
  
  

Aims and objectives
Through effective collaboration, Higher Futures aims to:

• Enhance the supply of higher education provision and transform institutional cultures, processes and procedures;
• Improve progression opportunities to higher education through vocational routes;
• Increase demand from employers and vocational learners for higher level skills and education;
• Improve access to information, advice and guidance (IAG) and transition support.