This collection of essays challenges us to move trade union education forward through new theory and examples of best practice.

Editor Dr Mike Seal is Head of Criminology and Youth and Community Work and Reader in Critical Pedagogy, Newman University, Birmingham. Contributors include: .     Sahra Ryklief, General Secretary of Internetional Federation of Workers' Education Association (IFWEA). .     Dr John Fisher, former Director of Education for the T&G (now Unite) in the UK. .     Dave Spooner, trade union educator, writer and activist, specializing in the international labour movement and co-Director of Global Labour Institute, Manchester.  .     John Callow, Political Research and Education Officer, GMB, UK.

Section One: History, context and challenges. 1) History and context of UK trade union education - Dr John Fisher. 2) Key concepts, and the history context, of the development of popular informal and community education and youth and community work in the UK - Dr Mike Seal, 3) Educational approaches of key Social Movements in history Section two: Key concerns: the political, the methods, the activist and the community. 4) Beyond functionalism: unite education, theory and practice. - Mike McCartney. 5) Key concepts of critical education in the UK - TAG. 6) Applying critical education in sessions in TU Ed - Carl Parker. 7) Seeing education in everything we do - Nadine Rae, Organising Director Equalities, Education. 8) Community engagement and trade union education, community organising and its influence on trade union organising and education. Section three: Education in particular contexts. 9) People Political Economy: Lessons from community education project in Oxford - Joel Lazarus. 10) IFWEA'S Study Circles for Social Change: towards a South African Study Circles Association. - Saliem Patel IFWEA Programme Manager. 11) Young people's festival and carnival: lessons in young people's education - Sarah Wooley and Deanna Ferguson. 12) Responding to social movement trade unionism within education - Gawain Little, National Executive, National Union of Teachers. 13) New education for a new workforce - Dave Spooner. Section four: learning from the world.14) YGAP - The Youth Globalisation Awareness Programme of the International Federation of Workers' Education Organisations". Sahra Ryklief, IFWEA General Secretary. 15) Julio Antonio Mella, the Popular University and the forging of Progressive Education in Cuba - John Callow Political Research and Education Officer GMB. 16) Learning from South Africa: COSATU and critical education - Stephen Faulkner, International Officer, South African Municipal Workers Union. 17) Learning from Latin America: ESNA and unity work - Julio Gambina. Conclusion: Transforming education, transforming the world - Doug Nicholls.