Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Employment Department have commissioned three studies of attitudes to individual commitment to learning. The first in the series examined individuals' attitudes to learning (SN:3305), the second was concerned with employers' attitudes to learning (SN:3445) while the third covered the providers of adult learning (SN:3446). Taken together, the three studies have been designed to produce an overall picture and explanation of attitudes to adult learning.

This study, the third in the series, aimed to explore the extent to which providers encouraged and supported commitment to adult learning, as well as identifying the factors which influenced their attitudes and helped shape their policies. The study consisted of both quantitative and qualitative work.

Main Topics:

Characteristics of providing establishments; level and type of provision of adult learning opportunities; changes in the level and type of provision in last 12 months; factors underpinning changes in past 12 months and future; follow-up support (for students); advice and guidance (for students and potential students); factors affecting future provision of courses and opportunities.

One-stage stratified or systematic random sample

Telephone interview