About Adult Learners' Week
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From learning Zumba to gaining a PhD, Adult Learners' Week celebrates learning and learners in all their diversity, inspiring many people of all ages to try something new each year. The initiative promotes the benefits of all kinds of learning, whether it is for fun or leading to a qualification./p>
Founded and co-ordinated by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), and backed by thousands of supporters, Adult Learners Week is the UK's longest running festival of learning; and is also celebrated in over 55 countries across the world.
Each year thousands of events take place in workplaces, libraries, cafes, prisons, museums and colleges across the country, motivating adults of all ages and backgrounds to take up new activities.
Adult Learners' Week also recognises the achievements of outstanding individuals and inspiring learning projects through national and regional awards. Read some of our winners’ stories or view a film of this year’s winners .
Adult Learners’ Week 2012 will be held from 12 – 18 May. Register your interest in getting involved.
