National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education

In 1995, the National Institute of Adult and Continuing Education advertised its 'Dairy of 1000 Adult Learners' project as part of the celebration that would accompany the 1996 European Year of Lifelong Learning and its own 75th Anniversary. Individuals and groups were invited to keep a diary of activities for any week in the Autmn Term 1995, to 'show how adults are learning in the 1990s'.Extracts from the diaries, and conclusions drawn from the survey, were prepared by Pat Coare and Al Thomson (Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sussex) and published as Through the joy of learning: Diaries of 1000 adult learners (NIACE, 1996).

From the guide to the Diaries of 1000 Adult Learners, 1995, (University of Sussex Library)