Machine generated contents note: 1. Making educational spaces through boundary work: territorialisation and `boundarying' / Terri Seddon -- 2. `Ducking and diving' adult educator agency in testing times: insights from England and New Zealand / Marion Bowl -- 3. Immigrants as active citizens: exploring the volunteering experience of Chinese immigrants in Vancouver / Shibao Guo -- 4. Lifelong education and learning, societal project and competitive advantage: tensions and ambivalences in policy and planning of educational change in Portugal / Paula Guimaraes -- 5. Filling the gaps: the role and impact of international non-governmental organisations in `Education for All' / Pasqua Marina Tota -- 6. Global, regional and local influences on adult literacy policy in England / Mary Hamilton -- 7. Comparative performance measures, globalising strategies and literacy policy in Scotland / Lyn Tett -- 8. media construction of an adult literacy agenda in Canada / Kjell Rubenson.