The phrase "a determination to learn" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing someone's strong desire or commitment to acquiring knowledge or skills.
Example: "Her success in the program was largely due to her determination to learn and improve every day."
Alternatives: "a commitment to learning" or "a resolve to acquire knowledge".
The 43rd president has demonstrated a determination to learn from the mistakes of the 41st.
His extraordinary electric, almost anarchic, energy was tempered, even at that age, by keen application and a determination to learn; always, not far from the forefront of his brain, was the urgent voice of his ambition, fed by his determination to liberate his beloved mother from the drudgery of her life as a landlady.
"He has a determination to learn and improve, so there is a lot more to come from him in the future".
For him the task represents a victory of his determination to learn new skills, and the ability of the staff of a group home for developmentally disabled adults to get him to accept new responsibilities.
UNICEF: Innovation for all The work and ideas discussed reinforce the principles behind UNICEF's innovation work: A commitment to open-source engagements, determination to learn from failure and realization that local talent must be front and centre in creating successful local solutions have positioned UNICEF as a global leader in innovation for development.
It was her determination to learn and craft a better life for herself that fueled her happiness, her mother told the AP.
He also paid tribute to Rim's determination to learn competitive swimming in a very short period of time, pointing out that he had been obliged to start learning a second stroke only three weeks ago.
Like earlier biographers, their ability to persuasively depict van Gogh's inner life is hugely dependent on these remarkable letters — letters that not only chronicle his manic ups and downs, his creative process and his complex relationship with his beloved brother Theo, but that also attest to his immense literary gifts and his iron-willed determination to learn and grow as an artist.
Such was his determination to learn English however that he took to working in a friend's burger van as a way to pick up the language and his fortunes turned as O'Neill deployed him in his more familiar central midfield role.
On arrival, the newcomers of generations past were fierce in their determination to learn English, the bond that gave America its motto, "Out of many, one".
