Students will engage in life-long learning
TRU is developing its continuing education and regional centre offerings and other learning options within the new Community U model, to support innovation in life-long learning and teaching strategies.
Goals
- Sustainable regional offerings
- Enhanced seminar series, public lectures and colloquia across the university that engage campus, local and distance communities, including enhancement of the existing Cultural Events series
- Further development of community & university educational and cultural conferences, potentially including a province- or nation-wide undergraduate research conference
- TRU continued development of the use/acceptance of Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
- Enhanced commitment to Service Learning within programs
- Enhanced library accessibility for lifelong and non-traditional learners
- The articulation of a university-wide, life-long learning plan embedded in a university-wide, life-long learning model
- The development of flexible delivery and blended delivery models for continuing education courses and programs
- New summer institute programs and summer camps programs for each of the 4 core Academic Themes identified in the Academic Plan
- New summer camps for older teens in all schools and faculties
- Programs for students who are in their indecisive gap year, between high school and university, including student exchange and Study Abroad programs
- New non-credit professional development offerings for working, retired, and underemployed students
- Increased course offerings in evening and weekend time slots