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Huang, Iona Yuelu; Williamson, David; Lynch-Wood, Gary; Raimo, Vincenzo; Rayner, Charlotte; Addington, Lindsay; West, Eddie – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
There is an increasing reliance on international education agents for student recruitment in Higher Education (HE), but the governance of education agents is under-researched. This study explores contractual governance approaches adopted by HE institutions for managing international education agents in the United States, United Kingdom and…
Descriptors: Governance, Higher Education, International Education, Classification
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Inoue, Chihiro; Lam, Daniel M. K. – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
This study investigated the effects of two different planning time conditions (i.e., operational [20 s] and extended length [90 s]) for the lecture listening-into-speaking tasks of the "TOEFL iBT"® test for candidates at different proficiency levels. Seventy international students based in universities and language schools in the United…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning
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Jeckells, Harriet – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2022
This research investigates the influential factors impacting CDM among prospective online MBA students, using qualitative interviews. This research focus is contextualised with analysis on the CDM process and the disparity between UK and international students, to gain a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the influential factors. The findings…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Telecommunications
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Black, Kate; Warhurst, Russell – Management Teaching Review, 2019
This article describes an inquiry-based classroom activity for strategic management, human resource management, and related courses to enhance the understanding of organizational culture. We use visual methods to provide fresh insights into an organization's culture from which we can enable students to draw conclusions upon how this culture might…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Class Activities, Human Resources
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Wang, Jing; Tsiligiris, Vangelis; Hartley, Robert – Accounting Education, 2019
This paper evaluates ways of instilling project management skills into accounting-based learning by the use of an iterative A3 planner to plan, monitor and review assignment progress. The application of an A3 planner to facilitate a project-based learning (PBL) group assignment in undergraduate accounting education has been critically evaluated in…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration Education, Active Learning, Student Projects
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Neale, Richard Hugh; Spark, Alasdair; Carter, Joy – International Journal of Educational Management, 2018
Purpose: Internationalisation has been a theme in UK higher education for a decade or more. The review of this paper, a practice-based case study, is to find how Winchester formulated two successive internationalisation strategies. Design/methodology/approach: The strategies were developed using a research-oriented method: grounded in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Universities, Evidence Based Practice
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Neal, Sinead; Frederickson, Norah – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2016
The transition to secondary school is considered difficult for children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), yet there has been little strength-based investigation of positive experiences of this population and the types of support they value most in managing anxiety about transition. The current article presents a qualitative exploration of the…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Transitional Programs, Secondary School Students
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White, Julie; Rae, Tina – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2016
The person-centred review (PCR) is a model for the review of a student's special educational needs (SEN) which places the young person and their family at the centre of the process. This mixed-methods, exploratory study investigated the views of 16 students with SEN aged between 10-11 years (Year 6) and 13-14 years (Year 9), and their…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Mixed Methods Research
Ouston, Janet; And Others – 1995
The United Kingdom's 1992 Education Act established the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), which was mandated to oversee an inspection system for all schools. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the extent to which the inspection process helped schools with their school-development planning. A survey was mailed to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Audits (Verification), Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
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Hayward, Tim; Broady, Judith E. – Journal of Information Science, 1995
Presents research on the use of external information in the strategic management of retail banks in the United Kingdom. Explores the organizational role of the environmental analysis department, the character of business environment analysis, and the nature of information used in strategic management and its perceived importance. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Banking, Business Administration, Competition, Environmental Scanning
Hughes, Maria; MacPherson, Sally – 2001
The extent to which providers of post-16 vocational education and training (VET) in the United Kingdom are able to secure timely and relevant learning programs to meet sudden and unpredicted changes in local or national skills profiles was examined in a study that included interviews of nine private training providers and 11 further education (FE)…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Case Studies, Check Lists, College Role
Armstrong, Paul – FEDA Matters, 1997
Modern Apprenticeships, which were introduced in 1994, allow young people in the United Kingdom who do not want to commit to full-time further education the chance to achieve a National Vocational Qualification in their field while continuing in employment. The different models for delivery of Modern Apprenticeships that have been developed in…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Curriculum