Universities Association for Lifelong Learning
The Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL) acts as a consultative body for policy formulation and advocacy, representing the sector to government departments, funding bodies and national higher education organisations across the four nations of the United Kingdom. UALL provides a forum for the active exchange of ideas and good practice.
Members of UALL represent all aspects of the sector, within and beyond universities, both in the UK and internationally, from academics to practitioners and policy makers. Learn more about our work.
UALL & SCUTREA Conference 2026:
Reimagining Lifelong Learning in Higher Education
15 – 17 June 2026, University of Warwick
The conference will bring together researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, and activists to share perspectives, exchange ideas, and explore how lifelong learning in higher education can respond to what comes next.
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UALL is a vibrant professional organisation. Our members are senior managers, policy-makers and funders, academics, administrators, tutors and practitioners, project workers and researchers, among many others
Benefits:
- Links with the major agencies in the sector, and opportunities for advocacy and contribution to policy formulation
- Continuously-updated intelligence on policy, funding and strategy at the highest levels in the sector
- Free or reduced price entry to conferences, seminars, and workshops
- Engagement with action, theoretical research and other funded activities
- Opportunities for free or reduced price UALL publications
- Membership of specialist networks, acting as communities of practice across the sector in; Employer engagement/ CPD, Work based learning, Widening participation and social inclusion, Women in lifelong learning, Student and staff development
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