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Morris, Theresa – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2009
This paper proposes and discusses the need for research into foundation degrees which have been specifically developed for teaching assistants. This is necessary to develop knowledge and understanding due to the deficiency of pertinent research and potential consequences to all those involved. All relevant parties, from policy makers to…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Vocational Education, Academic Degrees, Educational Needs
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 2009
Employability skills are central to gaining and keeping employment (e.g. whether paid or unpaid, as an employee or self employed) as well as career progression. The lack of such skills is regularly referred to as one reason for the United Kingdom's often cited long tail of underachievement. Employability skills are at the forefront of government…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Potential, Labor Market, Public Policy
Silver, Ruth – Adults Learning, 2008
The author, chair of the new improvement organization for further education and skills, shares her optimism on what the emerging agency can achieve, but she is aware of the challenges facing a sector struggling to keep pace with inspectors' expectations. These struggles include: (1) The slow delivery of curriculum; (2) The sector's struggle to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Change, Labor Force Development, Foreign Countries
Stanistreet, Paul – Adults Learning, 2008
Skills are high on the agendas of politicians and, increasingly, of employers. For Chris Humphries, Chief Executive of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, it felt as though things have come full circle. He noted that five years ago, the biggest priority for business was not skills, but they are now--absolutely, categorically and without…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Business, Education Work Relationship
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Tully, Kaye; Whitehead, Clive – Education Research and Perspectives, 2009
There have been various published histories of Australasian universities but none as rich as the two most recent relating to the universities of Sydney (1991) and Melbourne (2003). The latter, in particular, was the catalyst for this exploratory study. How was it that at a time when many major British cities lacked a university institution, towns…
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Universities, Socioeconomic Influences
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Le Deist, Francoise – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to analyse the conceptual approaches to competence and practice in competence management in France. Design/methodology/approach: Extensive literature review, discussion with academic experts in the French competence network of AGRH and interviews concerning developments following the 2003 national agreement…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Competence
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Gibb, Allan – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
This paper explores the role that action learning might play in micro and small enterprise development. It is divided into two parts. The first part focuses upon the distinctive characteristics of smallness and ownership and their implication for management development processes in the owner managed firm. In particular the impact of personal…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Values, Management Development, Business Education
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Meager, Nigel – International Journal of Training and Development, 2009
There is persistent evidence over several decades that the UK lags behind its international competitors in terms of the skills and qualifications of its workforce, with a detrimental impact on overall economic performance. The most recent attempt by the UK government to address this includes a new strategy aimed at increasing the degree of…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Skill Development, Training, Educational Policy
Universities UK, 2008
Higher education can play a major role in helping British business to survive the economic downturn and to build for the future. Your universities and higher education colleges have a strong record in fostering innovation, enterprise and skills, and in helping to create wealth and job-generating opportunities. And they want to work with you to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, School Business Relationship, Economic Climate
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Hillier, Yvonne – Higher Education Review, 2008
A key factor in the successful development of workplace learning is employer engagement (Leitch, 2006; DfES, 2007). However, despite numerous approaches by government in the United Kingdom to bring together employers, providers and learners so that economic success is generated by a skilled and flexible workforce, there continue to be challenges…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning
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Birdi, Kamal S.; Patterson, Malcolm G.; Wood, Stephen J. – International Journal of Training and Development, 2007
To date, much of the research on employee development activities and organizational performance has been conducted in private sector organizations, with the largely untested assumption that the same findings will apply to other sectors. This paper addresses the deficit by describing a study comparing differences in the use of employee learning…
Descriptors: Private Sector, Program Effectiveness, Labor Force Development, Employees
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Thijssen, Johannes G. L.; Van der Heijden, Beatrice I. J. M.; Rocco, Tonette S. – Human Resource Development Review, 2008
This article goes into a critical analysis of the concept of employability, its development across historical periods, its components, and different strategic approaches to enhance workers' employability throughout their career. Given the need for a systematic analysis and more empirical research in the field, the authors come up with the…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Labor Market, Education Work Relationship, Career Change
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Brioschi, Maria Sole; Cassia, Lucio – Industry and Higher Education, 2006
This paper analyses a number of European regions which, in the last two decades, have exhibited a significant shift towards knowledge-intensive industrial sectors coupled with a considerable increase in competitiveness and growth. The analysis identifies the main factors of territorial development behind each regional renewal process and captures…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
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McWilliam, Erica; Haukka, Sandra – British Educational Research Journal, 2008
This article sets out reasons for arguing that creativity is not garnish to the roast of industry or of education--i.e. the reasoning behind Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi's insistence that creativity is not only about elites but involves everyone. This article investigates three key domains--scholarship, commerce and learning--to argue the importance…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Creativity, Creative Development, Labor Force Development
Hamlin, Robert G. – Online Submission, 2007
This paper illustrates how Mode 2 "design science" research can generate HRD related "general knowledge" in support of evidence-based practice. It describes a "derived-etic" study that compares and contrasts the findings of six previous "emic" studies previously carried out within six different public and…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Behavior, Criteria
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