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Figure 14.2. ʻFunnelʼ theory of participation

Preschool, Primary education
3 to 16/18
Secondary education
Further education / higher education
16/18 to 24 Mod apps

Professional
24 to 45 development

45+ to statutory ?
retirement age

Source: Smith, 2010.

Figure 14.3. ʻHourglassʼ theory of participation

Preschool, Primary education
3 to 16/18 Secondary education
Further education / higher education
16/18 to 24 Mod apps

Professional
24 to 45 development

Lifelong learning
45+ to statutory Career reinvention
retirement age Reflection
Personal exploration

Source: Smith, 2010.

Building on this ethos, the centre for lifelong learning was invited to develop
a pilot project in 2008 by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to
address the high number of economically-inactive incapacity benefit claimants
over the age of 50 in Glasgow (Smith, 2010). Analysis of DWP data for
Glasgow showed that of the total number of 58 250 incapacity benefit
claimants some 25 850 were aged between 50 and 64.Of these claimants,
22 900 aged over 50 had been claiming incapacity benefit for two years or
more (DWP, 2006). The ʻrealising your potentialʼ project methodology formed