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Direct linkFranklin, Jim; Robinson, Kate – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2010
"The key needs of Bedfordshire, to improve the participation of its people in higher education and to regenerate its economy, will be best served by a new major access and employment oriented University." This vision statement was adopted by the Board of Governors of the University of Luton on 9 December 2005 on taking the decision to go…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Adult Education, School Districts
Peer reviewedMacGilchrist, Barbara; Mortimore, Peter – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
In the United Kingdom, school development planning has been warmly embraced by practitioners and policymakers. This paper describes results of a 32-month research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, which studied the effects of development planning in nine primary schools. Implications are discussed, methodological issues…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Smith, David R.; Travell, Chris; Worton, Lyndsey – Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 2004
The mainstream inclusion of pupils who have emotional and behavioural difficulties presents a challenge to teachers and other related staff in schools. This challenge takes on greater significance when a school has been put into Special Measures following an unsuccessful OFSTED report where behaviour has been cited as a key area for improvement.…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Psychology, Inclusive Schools, Mainstreaming
Reid, Ken – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to discuss the issue of managing and reducing school absenteeism and truancy. Design/methodology/approach: The article proposes the development and implementation of some long-term strategic approaches to tackling truancy and other forms of non-attendance from school. This article focuses on the innovative…
Descriptors: Truancy, Attendance Patterns, Foreign Countries, Strategic Planning
Download full textBasic Skills Agency, London (England). – 2000
This document presents advice from the United Kingdom's Basic Skills Agency regarding developing local action plans. The first 20% of the document defines basic skills and discusses the following action plan components: (1) an estimate of the area's need for basic skills training; (2) a target to reduce the area's estimated scale of need; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
1999
The National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE), which represents 65,000 academic staff working in further and higher education (FHE) institutions across the United Kingdom, reviewed the current state of post-16 education and training in the United Kingdom and submitted its views on how the system should be improved.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Faculty, Colleges, Curriculum
