Welcome

SCUTREA is a lively and innovative professional network. It provides a focus and meeting place for institutions, departments and individuals engaged in the education and training of adults and/or in research in the broad field of continuing education.

SCUTREA was established forty-one years ago with the membership initially drawn from university adult education departments throughout the UK. Today, with the broad spread of continuing education activities, membership is open to all institutions and individuals with professional interests in the education of adults. As a result, the membership is now quite diverse and makes our annual conferences very interesting and lively events to be at.

SCUTREA holds a three day conference each year in early July, the proceedings of which are refereed and published. Past conference papers can be found in the Education-line collection. The theme chosen is always at the forefront of current debates in continuing education and the format of the conference deliberately reflects contemporary adult education practice. Details of next year's conference will be made available here as soon as the details have been finalised. The next conference will be held at the University of Lancaster, 5-7 July 2011. The theme of the conference is