LIST OF CONTENTSEditors' IntroductionSection I: Higher Education and Lifelong Learning1.Euro student 2000: comparisons with the United KingdomBrian Ramsden2.Getting Real: the evidence on access and achievement?John Field3.Disabled students in higher education: legislation, teaching, learning and assessment.Sheila Riddell, Teresa Tinklin and Alastair Wilson4.Rurality and higher education: a conceptual analysis Neil Moreland, Joyce Chamberlain and Kepa ArtarazSection II: Higher Education and Lifewide Learning5.Student feedback, learning and development Dai Hounsell6.Reconstructing students as consumers: power and assimilation?Louise Morley7.Self-directed learning on-linePhilip Candy8.Access to what? Opportunities in education and employment John Brennan and Tarla ShahSection III: Perspectives9. The global challenge 10.Higher education and civil society11.The university and life-chancesDavid Watson12.Learning through life - higher education and the lifecourse of individualsAndrew Pollard BibliographyIndex