DAVID GUILE is Professor of Education and Work and Co-Director of the Centre for Engineering Education, UCL Institute of Education, London. He is also a project leader in the ESRC Centre for Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES). LORNA UNWIN is Professor Emerita (Vocational Education) and Honorary Professor in the ESRC-funded LLAKES Research Centre at the UCL Institute of Education, London. She is also Honorary Professorial Research Fellow at the School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester.