ABSTRACT
In the current UK policy context, work-based learning and lifelong learning are seen as closely related. Despite the rather broader rhetoric of the introduction to the Learning Age White Paper (DfEE, 1998), both are primarily seen as necessary parts of the government’s strategy to increase employability and economic competitiveness. They are central to the concerns of the new Learning and Skills Council. More generally, increasing awareness of the significance of informal learning (Coffield, 2000) as part of lifelong learning has resulted in more attention being paid to learning in work.
