lifelong learning

British  

noun

1. the provision or use of both formal and informal learning opportunities throughout people's lives in order to foster the continuous development and improvement of the knowledge and skills needed for employment and personal fulfilment

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Example Sentences

He is a student in a lifelong learning program at UCLA; he takes extensive notes in notebooks and in the margins of his many books.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

More recent neuroscience research has continued to explore how synaptic plasticity supports lifelong learning.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

“This opens the door to lifelong learning with transfer from short- to long-term memory, and moving smoothly to longer reasoning,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

Our mission is to be “a community hub to a diverse population of Amherst residents, where books are celebrated and all members of the community can enhance their educational, cultural, and lifelong learning pursuits.”

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2025

Jersey's minister for education and lifelong learning is standing by trans guidance in schools after a petition called for it to be revoked until parents were fully consulted, he says.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025