An outgrowth of the United Nations Earth Summit, Britain's Environment and Development Education and Training (EDET) Group seeks to monitor and promote education for sustainability through development of national strategies, encouragement of participation and partnership at many levels, and establishment of support structures and communication…

The Self-Management Programme for People with Arthritis aims to teach patients to manage their condition, improve their understanding, and communicate effectively with health professionals. The focus is on developing self-efficacy and peer teaching. (SK)

South Bank University in London offers a summer mathematics course that gives mature students with few formal qualifications the opportunity to gain math skills for further education. The program features small groups, tutors experienced in adult education, and attention to confidence building. (SK)

Chinese women living in Britain face language barriers, social isolation, and lack of information about adult education. A grassroots effort in Manchester is using a student-centered, negotiated curriculum to encourage participation, but it is being threatened by lack of funding for nonvocational education. (SK)

Describes projects of the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association to promote social solidarity and advocate for social justice around the world. (SK)

The Ulster People's College continues the tradition of radical adult education by seeking to assist both Catholic and Protestant communities with social and economic problems and by attempting to bridge cultural and political divisions by fostering communication between communities. (SK)

Cartoons illustrating scientific concepts were used in the London Underground and informal learning sites to raise adult awareness of science and promote lifelong learning. They are also being used in formal learning situations such as adult-literacy classes. (SK)

Describes a Voluntary Arts Network program involving the Globe Theatre in London that is focused on realizing the cultural and creative potential of lifelong learning by involving adult volunteers in drama projects. (SK)

The CICERO (Community Initiatives in Citizenship Education Regionally Organised) combines a British Workers Education Association project with European Social Fund support. It focuses on citizenship education, social inclusion, and trans-Europe issues. (SK)

A project to provide steel workers in North Wales with guidance about learning opportunities and to promote lifelong learning in the workplace focused on the development of basic information technology skills. (JOW)

The Ford-sponsored Employee Development and Assistance Program in Great Britain gives Ford employees access to courses on site as well as at local educational institutions. Life Education Advisers coordinate the educational needs and interests of the work force with existing educational provision. (SK)

A psychoeducational approach to stress management has a number of benefits: (1) people attend as students not patients; (2) teachers are not clinically responsible for students; (3) support and ideas are derived from shared group experiences; and (4) less stigma is attached to classes in educational rather than psychiatric settings. (SK)

A British project initiated forums of older people and community service providers for education and communication about issues. Despite tensions between the original project vision and the aims of community partners, the project began a needed dialog. (SK)

The Workers Educational Association collaborated with a support program for homeless people in England to provide adult-education opportunities. Focus is on small groups and community learning, designed to overcome barriers these adults face. (SK)

Describes the development of the National Archive of Lifelong Learning in Britain, an attempt to create an online catalog for a national network of collections on lifelong learning and adult education. (SK)