Creating a learning society?

Gareth Rees is a Professor and the Deputy Director in the Cardiff University School of Social Sciences. Stephen Gorard is a Reader in the Cardiff University School of Social Sciences. Ralph Fevre is a Professor in the Cardiff University School of Social Sciences. John Furlong is a Professor in the Cardiff University School of Social Sciences.

• Contents: Contemporary policies for a learning society; Lifelong learning trajectories; History, place and the learning society: the case of South Wales; Patterns of individual participation in adult learning; Families and the formation of learner identities; Lifelong learning trajectories and the two dimensions of change over time. The role of informal learning with Ralph Fevre; The learning society and the economic imperative; The impact of policies to widen participation with Neil Selwyn; The prospects for a learning society.

"... a solid, rigorous piece of research, with relevance far beyond the one area of Wales that the authors studied. It is an important contribution to our understanding of what we (and our policy makers) mean by lifelong learning." Learning and Skills Research