This Grundtvig network brought together a substantial number of universities and adult education providers in order to raise the quality in university based lifelong learning. Adults in education programmes in universities tend to have different needs, motivations and expectations than young people in the mainstream of university provision. By developing, testing and promoting quality assurance and enhancement tools, EQUIPE aimed to increase confidence in and thus encourage innovative educational practices in lifelong learning in universities. Participants in these programmes experience an individualised learning pathway. The learning experience can be much more motivating both for learners and teachers by improving practices in relation to access and entry issues (e.g. the learning contract, advice, guidance, orientation), the learning arrangements (e.g. courses, projects, ODL and E-learning, tutorial support, certification), and impact and progression (e.g. student satisfaction, personal and professional impact, social and community development). By exploiting the expertise of all partners and the European network EUCEN, the network contributed to capacity building in European universities and to the improvement of university adult learning. A web based tool kit has been developed to support quality projects in university adult learning. The tool kit focuses particularly on guidance services, accreditation of prior learning, ODL and individual programmes of learning. The tools kit includes a handbook, case studies from over 35 universities across 28 countries of Europe, an annotated review of quality models, an interactive web site with examples of good practice, and a series of comparative and refl ective articles.