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Gender Equity for Student Parents in Higher Education at an English Further Education College
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Sally Welsh – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2024
This small-scale research project explores policy and staff perspectives which affect student parents in higher education at an English further education college. Drawing on Nancy Fraser's work on the welfare state and the social organisation of care work, the paper examines approaches to a marginalised student group. Qualitative data were…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Power Structure
Recruitment/Selectors' Perceptions of Male and Female Trainee Managers
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Kniveton, Bromley H. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to investigate whether those involved with recruitment/selection (RS) react differently towards male and female trainee managers. Design/methodology/approach: Measures of the perceptions towards trainee managers were collected from 440 managers and professionals involved in recruitment/selection (RS). Findings: It…
Descriptors: Women Administrators, Trainees, Gender Differences, Gender Bias
(Re)thinking Equity: The Spatial and Racial Dynamics of Managing Learning and Learning to Manage
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Shore, Sue – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
The vocational education and training (VET) sector has experienced substantial change in the past decade, characterised by ascendant industry-driven needs and mantras of flexibility and responsiveness. A number of public policies underpin these changes and simultaneously point to the need to manage diverse employing bodies, industry standards,…
Descriptors: Females, Educational Administration, Vocational Education, Management Development