This book sets current policy and practice concerns against the backdrop of community education and employs case studies to chart the developments and changes that have taken place in FE.

Introduction 1. Further education - past and present 2. Lifelong learning and further education 3. Who is further education for? 4. Colleges and staff 5. Colleges and students 6. Colleges and their communities 7. Learning, teaching and the curriculum 8. A philosophy for further education in the new learning and skills sector BibliographyIndex