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Matthews, Barry – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2021
Introduction: To meet the ambition of the UK becoming the global leader in health technology, the future workforce needs to have a developed digital literacy. The influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the move to online learning has also increased the requirement for a reinvention of traditional teaching methodologies (Sá & Serpa, 2020).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technological Literacy, Health Education, Teaching Methods
Aldous, David; Brown, David – Sport, Education and Society, 2021
This paper provides a critical analysis of the Chartered Institute for Management of Sport and Physical Activity's (CIMSPA) transformative aspirations for UK Higher Education (HE) based Sport and Physical Activity Vocational Education and Training (SPAVET) provision. In doing so, we apply selected elements of Giddens' Structuration theory to offer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Athletics, Physical Activities, Vocational Education
Egglestone, Corin; Klenk, Hazel; Marsh, Lucy; Sadro, Fay – Learning and Work Institute, 2021
This evaluation report presents the findings from the project-level evaluation of the CareerTech Challenge, delivered between May 2020 and June 2021. The report examines how the design and delivery of evaluations were undertaken, the findings across process and outcome evaluations and key learning from capacity building support delivered by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Online Courses, Program Evaluation
Aspeling, Jonathan M.; Mason, Roger B. – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2020
E-learning is of increasing importance in delivering flexible and distributed programmes for workforce skill development such as induction, product knowledge, systems compliance, and customer service. This research consists of a desktop exploratory review of e-learning concepts, policies, surveys, and a set of proposals and recommendations from…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Labor Force Development, Retailing
Oliver J. Mason; Siobhan Collman; Stella Kazamia; Ioana Boureanu – Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice, 2024
This pilot study aims to assess the acceptability of Open University's training platform called Gamified Intelligent Cyber Aptitude and Skills Training course (GICAST), as a means of improving cybersecurity knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours in undergraduate students using both quantitative and qualitative methods. A mixed-methods, pre-post…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Computer Science, Computer Security, Gamification
Atkins, Liz – Qualitative Research Journal, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to report on a project re-imagining of a Level 1 English-model broad vocational curriculum for low-attaining youth. The project, funded by Rothschild, has sought to develop a knowledge rich and engaging curriculum, which is more consistent with notions of social justice than contemporary low-level vocational curricula.…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Vocational Education, Curriculum Development, Social Justice
Box, Meriel; Ellis, Tracy – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2018
Human resource development professionals in Higher Education are continually striving to develop efficient interventions to increase the capabilities of their leaders. As a result of evaluating feedback from an action learning (AL) programme designed and delivered in North West Higher Education Institutions in the UK for women in senior academic…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Females, Leadership, Labor Force Development
Evans, Stephen; Egglestone, Corin – Learning and Work Institute, 2019
Learning and skills contribute to economic growth both directly, by improving the skills base available to employers, and indirectly, by underpinning the five foundations of productivity identified by the government: ideas, people, infrastructure, business environment, and places. This is the case for all levels of learning from basic skills to…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Social Justice, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Foulkes, Henry; Winnard, Madeleine; Farnhill-Bain, Jack – Education Development Trust, 2023
What are the barriers to employment for young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) or who have experience of care? What works best to support them? In partnership with the Employment Related Services Association (ERSA), our latest report draws conclusions from a survey of practitioners and young people to understand the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foster Care, Labor Market, Out of School Youth
Universities UK, 2022
This report puts forward practical actions to address economic and social disparities across the United Kingdom (UK). It sets out the evidence of the impact universities are making across three main themes, outlines the potential to go further, and makes recommendations for how the government can work with universities to maximise their…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Educational Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Employment Opportunities
Learning and Work Institute, 2021
Digital skills will have a crucial role to play in the United Kingdom's (UK's) economy beyond the pandemic, helping to drive growth, productivity and innovation across the rest of the economy whilst building on the UK's status as a world-leader in digital tech. Our research looks at the future of digital skills, based on new large scale surveys of…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Job Skills, Employment Qualifications, Skill Development
Plant, Helen, Ed.; Ravenhall, Mark, Ed. – Learning and Work Institute, 2019
"Healthy, Wealthy and Wise: The Impact of Adult Learning across the UK" identifies a range of economic and social policy challenges confronting the four nations today and argues that adult learning can make an important contribution to addressing these and promoting a fairer and more inclusive society. Published in 2017, the report draws…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Labor Force Development, Outcomes of Education
Evans, Carl; Richardson, Mark – Industry and Higher Education, 2016
The purpose of this article is to challenge employers to make the best use of the latent potential of their part-time student workforce and to retain this talent postgraduation. The authors report research which shows that increasing numbers of university students are working part-time alongside their degree studies, while at the same time…
Descriptors: Part Time Students, Labor Force, Foreign Countries, Employer Employee Relationship
Keeble-Ramsay, Diane Rose; Armitage, Andrew – European Journal of Training and Development, 2015
Purpose: The paper aims to report initial empirical research that examines UK employees' perceptions of the changing nature of work since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) to consider how the financial context may have constrained HRD practice and more sustainable approaches. Design/methodology/approach: Focus group research was facilitated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Role, Economic Climate
Durrant, Hannah – Journal of Education and Work, 2016
The post-compulsory education and training system in the UK has long been defined as an archetypical voluntarist model. Yet, with the election of a New Labour government in 1997, the relationship between the state as supply-side provider of skills and employers as the demanders of skills began to subtly change. An additional rhetoric emerged in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Governance, Government Role, Politics of Education