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Prichard, Craig – Educational Management & Administration, 1996
Over the last decade, many groups of professionals in the public sector have been reoriented as individual managers. In British higher education, individual department heads have been pressured to develop private-sector-manager-like identities and relations with their colleagues. This case study revealed considerable resistance to managerialism in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, College Faculty, Department Heads
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Hamlin, Bob – Educational Management and Administration, 1990
Summarizes findings of a study that identified the criteria of managerial effectiveness at department level in secondary schools. Outlines both the "universally applicable" and "education-specific" competencies. Discusses implications regarding the selection, appraisal, and training of managerial staff in secondary education.…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Competence, Critical Incidents Method, Department Heads
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Sinkinson, Anne J. – School Leadership and Management, 2005
The expansion of Specialist Subject Schools (SSS) will cost taxpayers 113 million British pounds in start-up costs in the next three years, taking the annual cost of the programme to 373 million British pounds (Times Educational Supplement [TES], 2003 ). This paper adopts a case study approach, examining the processes, outcomes and implications of…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Specialization, Nontraditional Education, Educational Policy
Geale, John; Duke, Chris – 1992
A project was conducted to identify good practice in continuing vocational education (CVE) and the barriers to increasing the quantity and quality of CVE provided by universities in the United Kingdom. During the project, 6 research briefing seminars were attended by 46 persons, 13 researchers conducted case studies, 17 researchers conducted key…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Continuing Education, Department Heads, Educational Change
Lane, C. H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
This bulletin discusses the status of agricultural education from 1916-1918. Contents include: (1) Agriculture in secondary schools; (2) The elementary schools; (3) Agricultural education at meetings; (4) Agricultural education in other countries; (5) Educational work of the Department of Agriculture; (6) The agricultural colleges; (7)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agriculture, Agricultural Colleges, Minicourses
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Hull, Richard – Education in Science, 1979
Describes a British project which aims to produce a series of case studies of science education in middle and comprehensive schools. The methodology used to carry out the case studies and the structure of the framework of the project are included. (HM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Change
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Hoare, Anthony G. – Higher Education, 1995
Results of a 1992 British assessment of university departments are analyzed, particularly the finding that in general, larger departments were given higher research ratings. Analysis suggests an "economies of scale" effect and components of performance attributable to either "size" or "non-size" are identified.…
Descriptors: College Planning, College Role, Comparative Analysis, Departments
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Harwood, Doug – School Organisation, 1992
The coordinator role is being increasingly used to provide curricular leadership in both primary and secondary schools. This article analyzes difficulties and unintended consequences that can emerge when a low-key management approach is adopted. "Low-key" sometimes translates to low visibility, recognition, and status, which can…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Coordinators, Curriculum Development
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Mahroum, Sami – Higher Education in Europe, 1999
Examination of the geographic mobility of science faculty within and to/from the United Kingdom finds the academic community of those countries Europeanized but not truly globalized. Inflows of scientific skills mostly benefit the already high-performing institutions and departments; lower-performing universities benefit less because they are less…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Departments, Educational Trends, Faculty Mobility
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Burton, Neil; Brundrett, Mark – School Leadership & Management, 2000
During summer 1998, the British government's Department for Education and Employment recognized 74 schools as model "beacons of excellence." A recent survey reveals that effective communication, coupled with a clear sense of purpose and vision, has enabled Beacon schools to maintain educational excellence while facilitating other…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education, Foreign Countries
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Middlehurst, Robin – Higher Education Management, 1989
A project to develop and evaluate a leadership program for department heads and a series of leadership seminars for more senior administrators is described. The project included comparison of approaches to leadership training in this and other fields. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, College Administration, Deans
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Hammond, Paul – Education in Science, 1998
Summarizes four research projects (commissioned by the United Kingdom's Teacher Training Agency through their Teacher Research Grant scheme) which are of particular interest to science teachers. Issues addressed in the projects include self-esteem and science achievement, science teaching's effects on attitudes toward health and the environment,…
Descriptors: Department Heads, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grants
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Kunnan, Antony John – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2005
This article presents an interview with Professor Alan Davies who was born in Wales, studied at Oxford University and Birmingham University, and taught in Scotland at the University of Edinburgh, completing 40 years this year. Professor Davies has travelled widely to give invited talks and seminars, participate in applied linguistics conferences,…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Testing, Language Tests
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Sandberg, Håkan – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2004
Previous work has identified a lack of focused research in the field of team working in university continuing education (UCE). However, teamwork could be seen as self-evident in UCE, in part because UCE is of interest to employees, employers, universities and society. The aim of this study is to "describe" teamwork in UCE at three…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Teamwork, Case Studies, Universities
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Farnham, David – Higher Education Review, 1995
Analysis of salary patterns for faculty and department heads in English universities since the recent reform of the system finds fragmentation of compensation policies and policy formation. Increased secrecy about salaries and a tendency to determine pay for individuals rather than for jobs are seen as problematic trends. A weak form of…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Department Heads, Educational Trends
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