Frank Coffield is Professor at the Schoolo of Lifelong Education & International Development at the Institute of Education where Dr Ann Hodgson and Dr Ken Spours are also based. Dr Ian Finlay is at the University of Strathclyde.

This thought provoking book from a major research project looks at the roles of learners, tutors, managers and institutional leaders in Further Education Colleges, Adult and Community Learning Centres and in Work based Learning sites.

Section 1: What are the issues? 1. The main themes 2. The context and rationale of the research and the book Section 2: What does the research show? 3. The learners' story 4. The policy-makers' stories 5. The tutors' stories 6. The story of the sector in action 7 . How inclusive is the sector? Section 3: Overall implications 8. Alternative futures Methodological appendix: How we developed the stories