Engaging or continuing to engage with formal education in adulthood has long been seen as being beneficial to learners in a number of ways (Field, 2009; Schuller, Preston, Hammond, BassettGrundy, & Bynner, 2004). These include the obvious social ones – classes are good ways to meet others with similar interests – and economic benefits including enhanced knowledge, skills general employability are often cited as being important too – the encouragement to ‘learn to earn’. Benefits to mental health for those involved have also been identified for adult learners. In an important survey of the research in these pages nearly 10 years ago, John Field reported ‘with some confidence that the current evidence base shows clearly that learning does impact positively upon well-being’ (2009, p. 188). More recently, the Mental Health Foundation (2011) reported data demonstrating such benefits to older learners, notably health improvements including helping ward off dementia, and contributing to a reduction in depression, anxiety and loneliness.