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This book highlights the polarity of views on lifelong learning and aims to further the debate on learning for personal fulfilment and learning to contribute to the state. The chapters of this book help to clarify this debate by exploring the concept of lifelong learning and by illustrating its applications to specific situations. The chapters are: The concept of lifelong learning / Paul Oliver; Degrees of adult participation: lifelong learning in European universities / Barbara Merrill; Lifelong (l)earning and a 'new age' at work / Richard Edwards; Adult education with theological reflection: a multidisciplinary approach through open learning / Celia Deane-Drummond; Identity, risk and lifelong learning / Robin Usher; Higher education courses in the community: issues around guidance and learning support for non-traditional students / Julia Preece; Mental health and adult education / Katherine Hughes; An exploratory examination of changing perceptions of careership: the implications for the management of the continuing professional development of teachers / Loraine Powell; Never mind the outcomes, what about the experience: lifelong learning, autobiography and skills for progression to higher education / Anna Paczuska; Towards a learning society: the role of formal, nonformal and informal learning / Rosemary Moreland; Lifelong learning: stretching the discourse / Ian Martin; Lifelong learning for a sustainable future / Gillian Trorey, Cedric Cullingford and Barrie Cooper; Employer involvement in lifelong learning / Jill Mannion Brunt; On parenting and being a child: lifelong or short-term learning? / Cedric Cullingford and Mary Morrison.