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The author reports on research that investigated the role that adult learning might play in helping women who had had spells out of work back into paid employment. The research drew on data from the National Child Development Study (NCDS). In the recent NCDS surveys, cohort members have been requested to complete retrospective employment histories and this information was used to track respondents' transitions into and out of employment on a month-by-month basis. The core result of the research was that adult learning which led to a qualification was strongly associated with the likelihood that women who were not employed in 1991 returned to paid work between 1991 and 2000.