In order to become a member, all you need to do is send an e-maail message to Sara Cotterall ([email protected]) including your postal address and details of which AILA affiliate you belong to (if you belong to one, though this is not a requirement for membership).

Benefits of being a member include:

• access to a worldwide network of researchers and practitioners in the field
• access (via the website and regular postings) to information about conferences, seminars and courses related to learner autonomy
• the opportunity to receive and contribute to an annual electronic newsletter
• the chance to publicise projects you are involved in (through the LAPI) and material you have published on Learner Autonomy (through the newsletter)
• the chance to take part in a state of the art international symposium once every three years
• the opportunity to stand for and vote in the ReN's triennial elections for conveners

We currently have 300 members in 40 countries around the world.