该文追溯了从十九世纪中叶至今英国大学成人教育发展的历史。在维多利亚时代,成人教育的先驱们所关心的主要问题是扩展高等教育机会,使更多的人能够进入大学。一次大战之后,英国大学成人教育具备了独特的含义,并且得到了相当规模的发展。尽管如此,成人教育仍然处于大学体系的次要地位。就目前大学所承受的压力以及近期取消对成人教育单独投资的规定来看,英国成 This article traces the history of the development of adult education in British universities from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. In Victorian times, the major concern of pioneers in adult education was to expand opportunities for higher education so that more people could enter university. After World War I, adult education in British universities possessed unique meanings and achieved considerable development. However, adult education is still at a secondary place in the university system. With regard to the current pressures on universities and the recent elimination of the separate investment in adult education,