This is a case study produced by the Dialogue project Bridges between Research and Practice in universities of lifelong learning (ULLL). The key purpose of the DIALOGUE- Grundtvig network was to bridge the gap between academic research on ULLL and the professional practice around adult teaching, learning and guidance within ULLL-provision. Case study about Noste (Finnish Adult Education and Training Initiative) aimed at raising the educational level of adults of thirty to fifty-nine years of age who have not completed their secondary education in Finland.