glossaryDefinition:
Lifelong education is a form of learning that often takes place through distance learning, e-learning or continuing education. It also includes postgraduate programmes for those who want to improve their qualification, bring their skills up to date or retrain for a new line of work. The concept of lifelong learning is underpinned by the idea that scientific and technological change means that learning has to continue throughout life if people are to keep their knowledge current. It is also an approach to learning that emphasises that learning is something that continues throughout life, in many domains and is not simply related to work. (adapted from Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifelong_learning)