About Adult Learners' Week
Adult Learners' Week is an annual week-long national campaign
delivered each May – this year it’s 19-25 May - which brings
together a wide range of private, public and voluntary sectors
bodies, including employers, to inspire people to pursue adult
learning - either to catch up on skills not learnt at school, to
learn for or at work, or to learn for fun.
Through high-profile media campaigns, conferences and parliamentary activity, the Week is an important means of showcasing the ways in which we can create and maintain a more skilled and knowledgeable workforce whilst at the same time building learning communities in which people can explore shared enthusiasms and work together as active citizens.
The Adult Learners’ Week Awards, presented at a national awards ceremony in London, recognise the commitment, interest and passion that adults bring to their learning, including those who have learnt at and for work. They are a great way of celebrating the achievements of employees, recognising work-based learning projects and raising the profile of learning opportunities in your workplace. For further information, please go to the awards section.
The Week has the backing of the Department for Education and Skills and the European Social Fund and is also supported nationally and locally by a raft of prestigious organisations as diverse as Prudential, Ofcom, the Office of Communications, Jobcentre Plus, the Co-op, Royal Mail, Ufi/learndirect, broadcasters - including the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV - and City and Guilds.
Impacts in 2006
Through high-profile media campaigns, conferences and parliamentary activity, the Week is an important means of showcasing the ways in which we can create and maintain a more skilled and knowledgeable workforce whilst at the same time building learning communities in which people can explore shared enthusiasms and work together as active citizens.
The Adult Learners’ Week Awards, presented at a national awards ceremony in London, recognise the commitment, interest and passion that adults bring to their learning, including those who have learnt at and for work. They are a great way of celebrating the achievements of employees, recognising work-based learning projects and raising the profile of learning opportunities in your workplace. For further information, please go to the awards section.
The Week has the backing of the Department for Education and Skills and the European Social Fund and is also supported nationally and locally by a raft of prestigious organisations as diverse as Prudential, Ofcom, the Office of Communications, Jobcentre Plus, the Co-op, Royal Mail, Ufi/learndirect, broadcasters - including the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV - and City and Guilds.
Impacts in 2006
- Advertising space - worth over £4 million
- Number of website visitors - 26,000
- Events - at least 5,000
- Newspapers, flyers and course guides distributed - 327,000
- People taking part in events - 56,000
- People signing up for further information on courses - 7,000
- Callers to the helpline who had already or intended to take some action - 85%
- Callers enrolling on or starting a course leading to a qualification - 29%