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The Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC's) Learning Society Programme comprised 14 projects involving research into the learning society and the ways in which it can contribute to the development of knowledge and skills for employment and in other areas of adult life. In this collection of articles, the authors discuss the implications of their findings for policy and make recommendations for those interested in improving the quality of learning at work. Results are also presented from a major new survey of the skills of the British workforce. The articles are: Introduction: past failures, present differences and possible futures for research, policy and practice / Frank Coffield; The impact of research on policy / Maurice Kogan; The impact of the manager on learning in the workplace / Michael Eraut, Jane Alderton, Gerald Cole and Peter Senker; Young lives at risk in the 'Futures' market: some policy concerns from ongoing research / Stephen Ball, Sheila Macrae, Meg Maguire; The costs of learning: the policy implications of changes in continuing education for NHS staff / Therese Dowswell, Bobbie Millar and Jenny Hewison; Skill trends in Britain: trajectories over the last decade / Alan Felstead, David Ashton, Brenda Burchell, Francis Green; Adult guidance services for a learning society?: evidence from England / Will Bartlett, Teresa Rees.