Managing the changes inherent in developing the Learning Society: issues, choices and strategies.

The range of items included within the lifelong learning challenge is substantial – pre-entry activities, widening access, multiple entry points, interrupted study, continuing personal education, continuing professional development. This article discusses some of the implications for higher education arising from lifelong learning including: definition of levels, of progression, of curriculum design and assessment, of record-keeping and management, of quality assurance and of staff, educational and organizational development. The concept of "innovative universities" is discussed as a possible guide for short-term institutional strategies. In the longer term, as students want their qualifications to have international portability and recognition, lifelong learning will need a supportive, coherent climate involving government, institutions, employers, trade unions, professional and voluntary bodies, the media and other shapers of attitudes, opinions and values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]