Universities Association for Lifelong Learning

The Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL) acts as a consultative body for policy formulation and advocacy, representing the sector to government departments, funding bodies and national higher education organisations across the four nations of the United Kingdom. UALL provides a forum for the active exchange of ideas and good practice.

Members of UALL represent all aspects of the sector, within and beyond universities, both in the UK and internationally, from academics to practitioners and policy makers. Learn more about our work.

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2023 UALL and SCUTREA Conference

‘Global Citizenship and Lifelong Learning’ was the theme of the 2023 conference of the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL) and Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCUTREA). The Conference took place 26-28 June 2023, hosted by the University of Cambridge.
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Report: Adult Participation in Learning Survey

Results of a 2022 survey by the Learning and Work Institute indicate that, after a decade of declines during the 2010s, participation in learning remains back at levels last seen in the early 2000s: around two in five adults (42 per cent) say they have taken part in learning at some point in the last three years.
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Why Universities Should Care About Government Proposals to Cut Community Education

The government is consulting on cuts to community education. Jonathan Michie argues that universities need to speak up
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2023 UALL and SCUTREA Conference

‘Global Citizenship and Lifelong Learning’ was the theme of the 2023 conference of the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL) and Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (SCUTREA). The Conference took place 26-28 June 2023, hosted by the University of Cambridge.
Read More

Report: Adult Participation in Learning Survey

Results of a 2022 survey by the Learning and Work Institute indicate that, after a decade of declines during the 2010s, participation in learning remains back at levels last seen in the early 2000s: around two in five adults (42 per cent) say they have taken part in learning at some point in the last three years.
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The Power of Adult Learning: Vision 2030

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning collectively examinines the power of adult learning and education across the globe at the International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA) Mid-Term Review 2017. [PLACEHOLDER VIDEO, UALL MEMBERS TO ADVISE WHAT SHOULD APPEAR HERE.]

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Upcoming Events

Nov 09, 2023
Event Date: 09/11/2023

Education for a Wellbeing Economy

How can education play a more significant role in Wales’ emerging Wellbeing Economy to secure better outcomes for people, places and nature?
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Oct 17, 2023
Event Date: 17/10/2023

Recognising Talent for Care: Pathways for Progression

This webinar showcases the outcomes of an NHS England sponsored project including how the SEEC Descriptors have been used to establish the credit value of the Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship. The project has the potential to establish a model for ascribing credit to apprenticeship more widely.
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Mar 15, 2024
Event Date: 15/03/2024

Flexible Entry Routes for Policing

This webinar showcases the outcomes from a police National Uplift Programme sponsored project to provide a nationally consistent model for establishing flexible routes to the Police Constable degree apprenticeship through the recognition of prior learning.
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Nov 09, 2023
Event Date: 09/11/2023

Education for a Wellbeing Economy

How can education play a more significant role in Wales’ emerging Wellbeing Economy to secure better outcomes for people, places and nature?
Read More
Oct 17, 2023
Event Date: 17/10/2023

Recognising Talent for Care: Pathways for Progression

This webinar showcases the outcomes of an NHS England sponsored project including how the SEEC Descriptors have been used to establish the credit value of the Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship. The project has the potential to establish a model for ascribing credit to apprenticeship more widely.
Read More
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Become a Member of UALL

UALL is a vibrant professional organisation. Our members are senior managers, policy-makers and funders, academics, administrators, tutors and practitioners, project workers and researchers, among many others

Benefits:

  • Links with the major agencies in the sector, and opportunities for advocacy and contribution to policy formulation
  • Continuously-updated intelligence on policy, funding and strategy at the highest levels in the sector
  • Free or reduced price entry to conferences, seminars, and workshops
  • Engagement with action, theoretical research and other funded activities
  • Opportunities for free or reduced price UALL publications
  • Membership of specialist networks, acting as communities of practice across the sector in; Employer engagement/ CPD, Work based learning, Widening participation and social inclusion, Women in lifelong learning, Student and staff development

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The Universities Association for Lifelong Learning supports policy and practice across the UK higher education sector in part-time/flexible provision, employer engagement/work based learning, and community engagement.

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