This e-book is based on papers first presented at the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning International Conference, at the University of Stirling, in 2005. There is an intellectual excitement around workplace learning, as well as considerable interest among policy makers and professionals, and this conference aimed to examine empirically, methodologically and theoretically contemporary research in teaching and learning in diverse contexts. The papers in this e-book include critical and analytical reflections on occupational preparation in higher education; research into assessment regimes; the role of new technologies in supporting work-based learners in higher education; a study of online learning; and research into a learning scheme in the Netherlands, aimed at stimulating demand for learning by workers with weak skills profiles.