Welcome to the Adult Learners' Week homepage

Saturday 17th May - Saturday 24th May 2008

Please be aware if you want us to advertise your events through our website then List your event here.    

Adult Learners’ Week is the UK’s largest festival and celebration of adult learning, co-ordinated by NIACE Dysgu Cymru and core-funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, and the European Social Fund. Adult Learners’ Week is a campaign which combines national promotion with local action. The campaigns offers adults the chance tohave a go at learning something new by trying out one of the hundreds of free taster sessions that happen across Wales during the week, and an opportunity for learning providers to showcase their provision. If you are a provider of adult learning you will want to make the most of the Adult Learners’ Week campaign, by organizing your own special events. You will find a host of things to support you on this site, you can: 

• Learning Promotion Grants
• Enter the Event Organiser's Homepage
• Get your event included in our regional guides
• Order free promotional posters
• Order promotional merchandise
• Order other promotional items (coming soon)
• Dowload and create your own interactive posters
• Find out about the Themes and Focus Days of the national promotional campaign
• Enter a discussion forum
• View the Learning Promotion Grants Awarded in previous years
• Celebrate learning by nominating learners for the Inspire 2008 Awards
• Attend Regional Meetings & Training Events
• Get ideas for running local promotional events
• About Adult Learners Week
• Learn more about Adult Learners Week nationally
• Contact the Campaigns team
• TV, Radio and Press schedule of the 2007 Campaign
• Media and Press Releases available on the Media Support page
• How to evaluate Adult Learners Week
• Take part in our survey
• Download a Toolkit to help plan your promotional events
• Get tips on making the most of the media and how to write press releases 
• Find out about Learning @ Work Day
• View photos from Adult Learners' Week 2007
• View list of regional events 
• Recent quotes from ALW 2007

The Global Learning Award 2007
The Global Learning Award was launched by Cyfanfyd in partnership with NIACE in 2005. The award aims to celebrates and publicise innovative learning for adults in Wales that develops the knowledge, attitudes and skills people need to fully play their part as global citizens in our increasingly interconnected world. More...

“Never before has there been such a need for adult training and up-skilling. The UK is currently experiencing a skills shortage that is holding us back from competing in the world-wide economy. For this reason, we need the millions of adults who, for whatever reason, cannot read or write or add up properly, to be able to do so with confidence so that they can get on the ladder of a fulfilling career with real prospects, and also help their employer’s business succeed. As the UK’s Skills Envoy, it is my job to raise awareness among employers in the public and private sector to take forward the skills agenda. We must encourage employers to take more time in creating training opportunities for employees, and the Government must pay for it. But everyone has a part to play and that’s why I wholeheartedly support Adult Learner’s Week as each year it opens the door of opportunity to learning for many, many people for whom learning would simply pass them by.”  Sir Digby Jones

Mid Wales regional what's on guide
Download the Mid Wales regional what's on guide in PDF format
North Wales Regional what's on guide
Download the North Wales regional what's on guide in PDF format
South East Wales regional what's on guide
Download the South East Wales regional what's on guide in PDF format
Strategic Marketing ALW 2006 report
Download the Strategic Marketing report of Adult Learners' Week 2006 campaign in Microsoft Word format.
The NIACE Dysgu Cymru ALW 2006 evaluation report
Download the NIACE Dysgu Cymru evaluation report of Adult Learners' Week 2006 campaign in Microsoft Word format.
The NIACE Dysgu Cymru ALW 2006 evaluation report
Download the NIACE Dysgu Cymru evaluation report of Adult Learners' Week 2006 campaign in Adobe PDF format
West Wales regional what's on guide
Download the West Wales regional what's on guide in PDF format