This issue focuses on continuing vocational education (CVE) in Germany. Articles are: "Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge Society;""The Foundations of CVE in Germany"; "Who Takes Part in Continuing Education?"; "Hail Maria! A Helping Hand for Female Academics Seeking Promotion"; "Sponsors and Forms of Continuing Education"; "The New Media the Current Issue for Continuing Education"; "An Instinctive Feel for Alternative Careers in Information Technology: Vocational Qualification by the Nuremberg University Team"; "Building Blocks for a New World: Multimedia 'Driving License'"; "Multimedia in Children's Rooms: Vocational Continuing Education for Teachers in Child Daycare Centers"; "Lifelong Learning As an Issue for Education Policy"; "'The Danger of Missing out' Interview with Matthias Berninger"; and "Quality Assurance in Continuing Education." (YLB)