The publication of Learning Power in Practice represents an important stage in the development of the Effective Lifelong
Learning Inventory (ELLI) project. ELLI has been ‘work in progress’ within the University of Bristol’s Graduate School of Education for the past five years. Like most of the projects funded by the Lifelong Learning Foundation (LLF), it combines a robust scientific strand with a strongly practical orientation, the aim being to develop a range of tools for tracking, evaluating and recording people’s development as real-life learners.