Adult Learning
Click onto this website and choose Education and Learning and then Adult Learning to provide information about qualifications, courses and possible financial help.
www.direct.gov.uk

Arca
Quality study breaks throughout England and Wales from selected short-stay residential providers.
www.arca.uk.net

Cambridge Management College
If you are interested in obtaining recognised business and/or management qualifications but you are unable to take the time out to go to college, then it may be worth contacting this college which may be able to find a way to fit in with your requirements.
www.cambridgeflexiblelearning.com

Denman College
This is a residential Adult Education College near Oxford run by the Women’s Institute which offers a vast array of courses in leisure and recreational skills and hobbies.
www.womens-institute.org.uk

Open College of the Arts
A distance-learning arts college offering home study courses to students of all ages worldwide.
www.oca-uk.com

Open University
If you want to study formally at your own pace and in your own time to pursue that avenue of knowledge or gain that qualification that you had always been planning to do one day then the Open University is worth checking out.
www.open.ac.uk

Summer Schools and Summer Courses
If you fancy using the summer months to learn something new then this site might point you in the right direction.
www.summer-schools.info

Time to Learn
The online version of the City and Guilds directory of learning breaks and study tours.
www.timetolearn.org.uk

Type online

A free online typing tutorial to help you learn to touch type or upgrade your keyboard skills.

www.typeonline.co.uk

University of the Third Age
The main purpose of this organisation is to encourage lifelong learning for those no longer in gainful employment. It operates through local networks.
www.u3a.org.uk