Award winners

Our award winners highlight the vast array of people who gain so much from learning as adults.

Their stories truly inspire all of us

They help us recognise that learning is transformational, exciting, rewarding and possible at any age, for any reason and can be for all of us.

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2018

Senior Adult Learner

After seeing an advert for New Beginnings evening classes at the University of East London, 71-year-old Bernadette decided it was time to return to learning and realise her dreams.  

Bernadette Taylor

Senior Adult Learner

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2018

Return to Learning Award

Washington had hidden the fact that he couldn’t read or write all his life, however with the help of Adult Education Wolverhampton he is now aiming to put that right.

Washington Shearer

Return to Learning Award

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