A team from the Government-backed Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning at the Institute of Education in London carried out 145 interviews with learners aged 16 upwards to discover how learning affected their personal well-being and family relationships. The research also drew on the British birth cohort studies, which involved analysis of the lives of 10,000 people.
The report, The Benefits of Learning, published last week, showed that when parents went out to study their children broadened their range of social relationships at college creches or playgroups, while getting out of the home and daily routines alleviated stress and depression. Many of those interviewed for the study reported that studying made them more confident as parents, better able to communicate with their children and more understanding and patient even if the content of the course had nothing to do with parenting.
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