The European Apprentices Network (EAN) was launched in May 2017 to make sure that the voice of young people is heard in discussions related to Vocational Education and Training and apprenticeships at European level.

Roger Fieldhouse, who has died aged 79 after short illness, was a prominent adult educator in the university sector from 1970 until his retirement in the early 2000s.

He began his career as Tutor-Organiser for the WEA in North Yorkshire in the mid-1960s and rapidly became a successful local history tutor and researcher. (His book on ‘The History of Swaledale’ was the most substantial publication of many in this field.)