A Modern Guide to Adult Learning Systems

The institutional framework and major transformations in the Greek Adult Learning System (ALS) over the past 40 years have been primarily shaped by factors external to domestic priorities. Moreover, the ad hoc approach to education policy makes the system vulnerable to external shocks and susceptibl…

This chapter provides an in-depth examination of the Italian Adult Learning System (ALS) with the dual aim of mapping its current features and examining its development over three decades (the 1990s to the 2020s). First, the authors map the type of provision and providers (supply side) the system en…

This chapter discusses adult learning initiatives undertaken in the United Kingdom in the last 35 years. Drawing on a rich history of adult education, carried largely by local communities, adult education throughout the 1990s became increasingly formalised, standardised, and centralised. Spending cu…