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Dray, Beattie; Burke, Linda; Hurst, Heather M.; Ferguson, Anne; Marks-Maran, Diane – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2011
Vocationally based higher education programmes are meant to prepare people for employment in their chosen fields of study. In nursing, historically, employment after qualifying has been almost assured, with sufficient vacancies available for newly qualified nurses. Recently, however, for a number of reasons, primarily related to economic…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Employment Potential, Nurses, Vocational Education
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Heatley, Sue; Allibone, Lorraine; Ooms, Ann; Burke, Linda; Akroyd, Karen – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2011
This paper reports on a pilot project which provided writing support for registered nurses undertaking Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and for pre-registration nursing students. Both groups of students have English as a second language (ESL). The aims of the project were to extend the scope of the available writing support within the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Nursing Students, Nursing Education, Pilot Projects
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Fergy, Sue; Marks-Maran, Di; Ooms, Ann; Shapcott, Jean; Burke, Linda – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2011
The Academic, Personal and Professional Learning (APPL) model of support for student nurses was developed and implemented as a pilot project in the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences of a university in response to a number of internal and external drivers. The common theme across these drivers was the enhancement of the social, academic…
Descriptors: Nursing Students, College Freshmen, Evaluation Research, Social Integration
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Longfellow, Erica; May, Steve; Burke, Linda; Marks-Maran, Diane – Teaching in Higher Education, 2008
The Department of English Literature at Kingston University piloted an innovative Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) program as part of a two-year pilot project funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England's (HEFCE) Widening Participation Fund. The project aimed to enable first-year students to develop academic writing skills related to a…
Descriptors: English Literature, Constructivism (Learning), Student Attitudes, Pilot Projects