Reviews the Robbins Report, considering today's educational issues from its perspective. Concentrating mainly on the university component of British higher education, Moser concludes that many of its themes are relevant today. Argues for less educational specialization, total financial review, and continued support of higher education for those…

This paper is a preliminary report on a four-year project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council which studied the origins, implementation, and initial effects of England's Assisted Places Scheme. The Assisted Places Scheme is intended as a "scholarship ladder" for financially eligible and academically able students.…

Examines racial politics of knowledge production in Brazil, comparing trends in women's studies scholarship in North America, England, and Brazil by investigating the significance of the intersection of race and gender in women's studies. Discusses how minority women's feminist scholarship has traveled to Brazil and how work by Afro-Brazilian…

Schools are essentially expected to provide all students with the same educational opportunity despite where they live, or their ability levels. Education Action Zones (EAZs) and Zones d'Education Prioritaire (ZEPs) have been implemented to help eradicate the issue of student equity, promising innovation and a solution to inequalities evidenced in…

The research project investigated participation and achievement in apprenticeships by young people from minority ethnic groups across a number of regions and occupational sectors. It sought views on the value and status of apprenticeship, and factors influencing take-up, retention and achievement, and how this may be improved. The project…

Every way of thinking is both premised on and generative of a way of naming that reflects particular underlying convictions. Over the last 15 years, a way of thinking has reemerged that strives to reposition students in educational research and reform. Best documented in Australia, Canada, England, and the United States, this way of thinking is…

A study examined the impact of new technology upon women's employment in West Yorkshire in Great Britain. During the study, 2,000 copies of a questionnaire were distributed to past and present users of the Leeds Trade Union and Community Resource and Information Centre (TUCRIC) as well as to participants at a conference entitled Women and New…

Lists numerous career opportunities in the area of environmental physics and programs leading to degrees in the field. (CP)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a difference between the opportunities for 15- to 18-year olds in the distributive trades of England and distributive occupations of New York State. (Author)

Analyzes Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) within the historical context of national and local training initiatives in England and Wales. Concludes that decreasing public financing means that the quality and availability of training will depend on where one lives. In less affluent areas, TECs will be unable to affect the local economy,…

This paper aims to report findings from a UK study funded by the Equal Opportunities Commission to explore gender segregation in apprenticeships in five strongly segregated sectors construction, plumbing, engineering, information technology all strongly male-dominated, and child care female-dominated. The aim of the research was to consider the…

Purpose: To outline the reasons for staff shortages in the UK catering industry and then to decide if further training could help to address these issues. Design/methodology/approach: The objectives have been achieved by examining the training provisions at a college, and then asking the students, their training staff, employers and employees…

The article is based on recent research involving qualitative case studies of staff experiences of equality policies in six English, Scottish and Welsh higher education institutions (HEIs). Recent changes to UK legislation (e.g. on "race" and disability) and a series of European Union employment directives (including on religion and…