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4 November 2025

Get the Nation Learning

Lifelong learning Projects & campaigns

Our campaign for lifelong learning. Because when adults learn, our society and economy thrive.

3 November 2025

The workforce learning slowdown? Adult Participation in Learning Survey 2025

Lifelong learning Reports & briefings

For nearly 30 years, the Adult Participation in Learning Survey has provided a unique insight into adult learning across the UK. It adopts a deliberately broad definition of learning. Discover our findings from 2025.

3 November 2025

Post-pandemic leap in lifelong learning appears over, as national survey finds freefalling participation rates

Lifelong learning News & articles

Experts are warning of a “workforce learning slowdown” as the long-running Adult Participation in Learning Survey records a sharp contraction in the number of adults learning nationally.

3 November 2025

Adult Participation in Learning Survey

Lifelong learning Projects & campaigns

Our survey series, which began in 1996, provides a unique overview of how many adults take part in learning, their reasons for doing so or not doing so, and how this varies by group and area.

23 October 2025

Learning and Work Institute accredited as a Living Pension Employer

News & articles

Learning and Work Institute is proud to have been accredited as a Living Pension Employer.

23 October 2025

Learning and Work Institute publishes latest Impact Report for 2024-25

News & articles

Our vision is for a prosperous and fair society in which learning and work provide opportunities for everyone to realise their potential and ambitions throughout life. Find out more about the impact we made in 2024-25.

21 October 2025

Responding to the post-16 education and skills white paper

Lifelong learning News & articles

Learning and Work Institute's chief executive Stephen Evans responds to the post-16 education and skills white paper published on Monday 20 October 2025.

15 October 2025