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The Marchmont Observatory aims to improve evidence based policy and practice in the field of lifelong learning through analysis, good practice capture and dissemination, networking, learning programmes and research.

Established by Exeter University in 1998 following a successful £3m bid to the ADAPT Programme of the EU, the Marchmont Observatory is now funded from a range of sources including the South West Regional Development Agency, the Government Office for the South West and a range of contracts with organisations such as the TUC, DfES, the National Council – ELWa and the BBC.

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