Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Dedication -- Introduction: Uneasy Transitions and the Challenge of Change -- PART ONE COPING WITH DISAFFECTION -- 1 The Changing Further Education Structure: A Basis for Conscription? -- 2 Complicated Lives: Students with Special Education Needs in the Inner City -- 3 A Curriculum to Counteract Disaffection: Valuing Experiential Learning -- 4 Overcoming Passive Disaffection: Students with Severe Physical Disability -- 5 Role Conflict and Role Diffusion: The Counsellor in Further Education -- 6 It's Almost Like Work: A Study of a YTS Workshop1 -- PART TWO THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE -- 7 Obstacles to Overcome: Higher Education and Disabled Students -- 8 Changes in Social Education Centres: Aspects of Disaffection -- 9 Transitions in a Transient Organization -- 10 Business and Education: Motivating the Workforce -- 11 Responding to Change: A Challenge to Further Education in Birmingham -- 12 The Competence Race: We Are All Qualified Now -- Notes on Contributors -- Index