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Hall, Christine; Youens, Bernadette – Educational Review, 2007
This article reports the findings of a study of the experiences and expectations of a cohort of 13 "Academic Coaches", appointed to temporary teaching support roles in challenging inner city secondary schools. The discussion of this particular initiative is located in a broader consideration of the work and conditions of…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Professional Recognition, Labor Force, Employment Patterns
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Smith, Alison J.; Collins, Lorna A. – Education & Training, 2007
Purpose: This paper seeks to discuss the Investors in People (IIP) initiative in relation to SMEs and to consider the value of IIP in helping to inculcate a learning culture within this sector. Design/methodology/approach: A case study investigating the work of a Business Link (BL) in relation to IIP and SMEs highlights the conflicts advisers face…
Descriptors: Training, Lifelong Learning, Case Studies, Interviews
Conte, Luca E. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1982
The article reviews approaches to the question of unemployment of disabled persons undertaken in Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Hungary. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment, Foreign Countries, Labor Force
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Asghar, Waheed; Siddi, Sulaman Hafeez – International Journal of Training Research, 2008
In this era of global competition, human resources will play a decisive role in the battle for efficiency and competitive advantage, where nations and organisations with superior and quality-oriented human capital will soon outperform those with inefficient and quantity-oriented labour force. Rate of human capital formation will be more important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Productivity, Competition
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Hamlin, Robert G.; Serventi, Susan A. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a "partnership-research" study of effective and ineffective managerial behaviour within the "local government" setting of the Wolverhampton City Council Social Care Department, and to describe how the research supports and challenges the organisation's existing…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Leadership Effectiveness, City Government, Case Studies
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Wallis, Emma – Journal of In-service Education, 2008
This article draws upon original qualitative data to present an initial assessment of the significance of learning agreements for the development of socially responsible approaches to professional and human resource development within the workplace. The article suggests that the adoption of a partnership-based approach to learning is more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Responsibility, Labor Force Development, Human Resources
Group of Eight (NJ1), 2010
Universities have much to contribute to the improvement of health delivery, research, and teaching/learning. In progressing health reform, the Government should be mindful of the need to: (1) strengthen high quality medical research; (2) promote translation of research to teaching, population health and health services; and (3) address Health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Stakeholders, Educational Change
Canadian Council on Learning, 2009
The objective of this report is to improve Canadians' understanding of e-learning--particularly of the challenges, limitations and benefits--so that Canada may move forward in appropriate and relevant ways. Levels of adoption of e-learning have been significantly slower than predicted. This report also identifies areas related to e-learning where…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Electronic Learning, Internet, Technology Integration
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Matthiesen, Jane Kirsten; Tissington, Patrick – Human Resource Development Review, 2008
Relocation, an intraorganizational geographical transfer, can be used for human resource development (HRD) because of the positive developmental effects it can induce. It is, thus, important for HRD professionals to understand the implications of relocation to ensure it is used appropriately and effectively as an HRD technique. Research on…
Descriptors: Classification, Relocation, Labor Force Development, Human Resources
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Monk, Martin – Journal of In-service Education, 2008
In technologically advanced countries, there is a general concern over the recruitment and retention to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). In the UK, there are much commented upon shortages of qualified STEM secondary teachers. In an effort to produce change, Gatsby Technical Education Projects (GTEP) was set up specifically…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Technical Education, Engineering Education, Science Education
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Hatcher, Richard – Oxford Review of Education, 2008
The unprecedented extent of privatisation of provision in the school system on a for-profit basis is clearly one of the most significant transformations accomplished by the Blair government. However, another aspect of private sector involvement has proved much more problematic: the direct involvement of employers in the formation of the future…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Educational Change, Vocational Education, Educational Strategies
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Dobbins, Kerry – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2009
Since the 1980s higher education (HE) in the UK has been continually developing to meet the needs of a changing economy. An economy now based largely on knowledge and its transfer, rather than manual skills and labour, has led to an emphasis by the government on increasing the number of adults with high level skills to contribute to economic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Access to Education, Teaching Methods
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Mavin, Sharon; Wilding, Philip; Stalker, Brenda; Simmonds, David; Rees, Chris; Winch, Francine – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on a Forum for HRD initiative to proactively engage with HRD practitioners to develop "new commons" in the research-practice nexus. Researchers joined a community of UK university HRD practitioners, negotiated a research project mapping the terrain of HRD practice, explored how research…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development, Case Studies, Labor Force Development
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Francis, Helen; Cowan, John – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2008
Purpose: This paper seeks to explore changes taking place in a curriculum design for postgraduate teaching in personnel and development, aimed at enhancing lifelong learning. A scheme is described which aims to improve the alignment for professional development of students, in ways that facilitate critically reflective practice.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Graduate Study, Graduate Students, Lifelong Learning
McCain, Mary L. – Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2009
There is a highly compelling case for using technology on a large scale to increase access to and improve America's adult education and workforce skills enterprise. By the reckoning of the National Commission on Adult Literacy and others, the nation must reach many more millions of adults with effective college- and job-readiness skills programs…
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Distance Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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