This book on issues surrounding the United Kingdom's need to create a high-skill, high-added-value, knowledge-based economy also proposes strategies for providing education and training for employed and unemployed adults. The following chapters are included: "The Unwaged and the Unemployed" (Hunt, Jackson); "Adult Vocational Education and Training: What, Where, and When?" (Hunt, Jackson); "Factors Influencing the Need to Change" (Hunt, Jackson); "The Training Debate" (Hunt, Jackson); "Six Key Aspects in the Delivery of Adult Vocational Education and Training" (Hunt, Jackson); "Measures to Facilitate Changes in the Current System (Hunt, Jackson); "An Adult Route to Qualifications" (Rowe); "Managing Employment Training" (Boden, Rose); "Providing Training Access Points in East Birmingham" (Addey); "Supported Training in Employment for those with Learning Difficulties" (Thomas); "Delivering Adult Compacts" (Harris); "Guaranteed Accommodation and Training for Employment (GATE)" (Levy); "Hitch-Hiker's Guide to Science and Technology: An Access Initiative" (Fulton); "Employment Training Access Course" (Shoults); "Community Joblink" (McConnell); "Tourism Innovation Project: An Example of International Collaboration" (Bak); "APL/APEL [Assessment of Prior (Experiential) Learning] and the Employment of Adults" (Barkatoulah); "Community Involvement and Development Course" (Miskin, Woodward); "Joint Initiatives of Industry and Trades Unions in Adult Education" (Bufton); "The Rover Learning Business" (Hunt); "Meeting the Needs of Industry" (Smith); and "Analysing the Past, Shaping the Future" (Hunt, Jackson). There are 41 references. (CML)