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Carey, Eileen; Griffiths, Colin – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
This paper reflects the impact of policy and legislation in the context of how adults with learning disabilities make choices. Following an overview of policies which have improved choice for people with learning disability in the United Kingdom, this paper reviews "choice" in current Irish policy and legislation. This paper, while…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Learning Disabilities, Public Policy, Federal Legislation
Hoare, Lottie – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2017
This article examines John Newsom's contributions to non-fiction BBC radio and television coverage of education, poverty, and social disadvantage from 1934 to 1971. The correspondence and scripts concerning his BBC broadcasts for a domestic UK-based audience and an overseas audience are used as source material. Newsom is well known among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Radio, Television, Educational History
Shields, Robin; Masardo, Alex – Higher Education Academy, 2015
This study investigates the differences in degree attainment between students entering higher education through vocational qualification pathways and students entering through traditional A-level routes. The report also analyses how well students with vocational qualifications are prepared for and supported in their studies at higher education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Study, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Hodkinson, Alan; Burch, Leah – Journal of Education Policy, 2019
This article reveals the Foucauldian docile body manufactured within the Department for Education's special educational needs and disability code of practice 2014 through employment of a theoretical lens of embodiment and an analytical focus on only three words. In problematizing the concepts of support, employment and independence, we seek to…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational Needs, Disabilities, Ideology
Hall, Natalie; Durand, Marie-Anne; Mengoni, Silvana E. – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
Background: Despite experiencing health inequalities, people with intellectual disabilities are under-represented in health research. Previous research has identified barriers but has typically focused on under-recruitment to specific studies. This study aimed to explore care staff's attitudes to health research involving people with intellectual…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Research, Caregiver Attitudes, Barriers
Cullinane, Carl; Montacute, Rebecca – Sutton Trust, 2018
Earlier this year, the Sutton Trust released "Internships -- unpaid, unadvertised, unfair"; which examined current available evidence on internships in the UK. Following increased attention to the topic in the period since the Sutton Trust first looked at this issue in 2014, there appears to have been some progress on the lack of pay for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internship Programs, Income, Access to Education
Matt, Susan B.; Maheady, Donna; Fleming, Susan E. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2015
Across the globe, students with disabilities have been increasing in prevalence in higher education settings. In the twenty-first century the struggle to include individuals with disabilities into nursing schools and workplaces continues in different parts of the world. Historically, entry criteria in nursing schools have been based on essential…
Descriptors: Nursing, Nursing Education, Nursing Students, Disabilities
Moffat, Andrew; Field, Lewis – Educational & Child Psychology, 2020
Aims: The present article seeks to explore the historical context of relationships and sex education (RSE) and examine the positioning of 'No Outsiders' within this. Consideration is given to the credibility of arguments against the implementation of No Outsiders in education settings and examination of whether diversity strands of 'sexual…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Curriculum, Values
Ecclestone, Kathryn – Journal of Education Policy, 2017
Apocalyptic crisis discourses of mental health problems and psycho-emotional dysfunction are integral to behaviour change agendas across seemingly different policy arenas. Bringing these agendas together opens up new theoretical and empirical lines of enquiry about the symbioses and contradictions surrounding the human subjects they target. The…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Educational Policy, Intervention, Terrorism
Schleicher, Andreas – OECD Publishing, 2020
This brochure focuses on a selection of indicators from "Education at a Glance," selected for their particular relevance in the current context. Their analysis enables the understanding of countries' response and potential impact from the COVID-19 containment measures. The following topics are discussed: (1) the impact of the crisis on…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Educational Change, Comparative Education
Humphreys, Stephen – Research Ethics, 2015
Some anomalies in the legislation governing National Research Ethics Service Research Ethics Committee (REC) member categories are discussed. It is suggested that not only may some members be in the wrong category, but that the legislation identifies individuals who are simply ineligible for any form of REC membership.
Descriptors: Ethics, Advisory Committees, Federal Legislation, Group Membership
Morley, David; Maher, Anthony; Walsh, Barbara; Dinning, Track; Lloyd, Diane; Pratt, Andrea – British Journal of Special Education, 2017
The Equality Act called on British schools to "avoid as far as possible by reasonable means, the disadvantage which a disabled pupil experiences". Teachers, therefore, must be creative and flexible in order to meet the needs and optimise the capabilities of all pupils. Using focus group interviews, this article explores the influence of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Legislation, Disabilities, Equal Education
Taylor, Laura; Soni, Anita – Pastoral Care in Education, 2017
This article surveys relevant literature on experiences of the Prevent Strategy in the UK in order to explore the role of schools in preventing radicalisation. The first section explores the concept of radicalisation and how this is positioned within UK policy and legislation followed by a review and critical appraisal of seven relevant articles.…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Prevention, Terrorism, School Role
Zaidi, Ali; Beadle, Shane; Hannah, Arthur – UK Department for Education, 2019
The Department for Education (DfE) commissioned ICF Consulting to undertake a study to examine the functioning of the Level 4 and 5 (L4-5) qualification and provider market, in order to support its review of L4-5 education. This study examines the characteristics and effectiveness of the Level 4 and 5 (L4-5) market. It specifically explores…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Barriers, Educational Policy, Legislation
Parker, Gemma – Research in Education, 2015
This literature review begins by considering the concept of autonomy. The focus narrows to teacher autonomy specifically and a range of conceptualisations are summarised. Its influences and impact are discussed and the role which teacher autonomy plays in the wider issue of teacher professionalism is addressed. Central influences, including the UK…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Teachers, Professionalism, Foreign Countries