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Chankseliani, Maia; Relly, Susan James – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2015
Despite expending a great deal of public money, and after many government-led "reforms" to develop an apprenticeship system that rivals those found in other countries, the apprenticeship system in England still faces a number of challenges and failings, not least in the private training market. This paper explores the landscape of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Private Education, Educational Methods
Preston, John – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2016
Children, and schools, are potent symbols of victimhood in industrial disasters. In the case of historical industrial disasters such as Aberfan and Flixborough, and in terms of preparation for future industrial disasters under Control of Major Accident Hazard regulations, communities are seen as passive responders to accidents. Moreover, following…
Descriptors: Accidents, Industry, Victims, Working Class
Hong, Christina, Ed.; Ma, Will W. K., Ed. – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2023
This edited book seeks to evolve a global community of practice to share case studies, engage in critical discussion and spearhead thought leadership, to address the paradigm shift in next generation educational practice. This book showcases novel research studies in various forms and engenders interdisciplinary conversation and exchange…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Global Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach, Information Technology
Lawn, Martin – European Education, 2015
Through a study of a privately funded and ambitious inquiry into the education system of the United States, the relations between the development of comparative education as an activity and the governing of education systems in the early 20th century can be illuminated. The relations and interests of early comparativists were mobilized and…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Private Financial Support, Educational History, Intervention
Dalby, Diane; Noyes, Andrew – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2016
The political importance of mathematics in post-16 education is clear. Far less clear is how mathematics does and should relate to vocational education. Successive mathematics curricula (e.g. core skills, key skills) have been developed in England with vocational learners in mind. Meanwhile, general mathematics qualifications remain largely…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Mathematics Education, Postsecondary Education
Patrignani, Pietro; Hedges, Sophie; Conlon, Gavan – UK Department for Education, 2017
This factsheet provides provisional information on the incidence of apprenticeships in England using information between 2010/11 and 2014/15 from the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) and Employer Data Service (EDS) further matched to the Inter-Departmental Business Register (IDBR). Specifically, it presents the number of apprenticeship starts…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Incidence, Apprenticeships, Industry
Wohl, Benjamin S.; Beck, Sophie; Blair, Lynne – International Journal of Computer Science Education in Schools, 2017
In these early stages of implementation of the English computing curriculum policy reforms, there are uncertainties with regards to the intentions of computing to young people. To date, research regarding the English computing curriculum has been mostly concerned with the content of the curriculum, its delivery and surrounding pedagogy. In…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Curriculum Development, Futures (of Society), Teaching Methods
Hodgen, Jeremy; Marks, Rachel – Sutton Trust, 2013
This report reviews over 50 research studies to consider the level and type of mathematical skills needed by employers in today's economy. It considers five key questions: (1) What mathematics (level and content) is required in the workplace today?; (2) How and why have the mathematical needs of the workplace changed over time?; (3) In what ways…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Employees, Employment Qualifications, Job Skills
Dalby, D.; Noyes, A. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2018
England's Further Education (FE) sector is in permanent flux with policy interpretations and translations taking place at multiple levels within increasingly large and complex multi-site organisations. Devolved responsibility gives managers considerable influence in policy enactment processes which can lead to within-college tensions between…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Continuing Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Anderson, Pauline – Journal of Education and Work, 2014
This paper examines recent changes in the Scottish apprenticeship system of skill formation for joiners through an occupational skill ecosystem lens. Building trade apprenticeships in Scotland are based around a social partnership model more akin to "dual systems" than typical arrangements elsewhere in the UK. Drawing on in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Building Trades, Woodworking
Nicholls, James; Greenaway, John – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2015
This article considers alcohol policy development in England and Wales under the coalition government after 2010. With a particular focus on minimum unit pricing, it examines why policy departures based on supply-side controls drawn from public health models were abandoned in favour of a restoration of policy equilibrium. This article adopts a…
Descriptors: Drinking, Public Policy, Policy Formation, Public Health
Misko, Josie – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2015
There are lessons for Australia in the key approaches to the development, approval, maintenance and quality assurance of qualifications adopted in countries overseas. This research takes into account a range of approaches used in selected European Union (EU) member states (Germany, Finland and Sweden), the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Qualifications, Quality Assurance, Comparative Education
Hatcher, Tim – European Journal of Training and Development, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ideals and activities of the nineteenth century Welsh industrialist and reformer Robert Owen (1771-1858), and how they informed modern human resource development (HRD) concepts and practices and provided evidence of Owen as a HRD pioneer. Design/methodology/approach: Historiography provided…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biographies, Labor Force Development, Social Action
Orr, John; Ibell, Timothy; Evernden, Mark; Darby, Antony – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
Emissions reductions targets for the UK set out in the Climate Change Act for the period to 2050 will only be achieved with significant changes to the built environment, which is currently estimated to account for 50% of the UK's carbon emissions. The socio-technological nature of Civil Engineering means that this field is uniquely placed to lead…
Descriptors: Climate, Energy Conservation, Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach
Tedder, Michael; Lawy, Robert – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
In this paper we describe findings from a research project in the South West of England that enquired into the impact of the changing requirements of programmes leading to teaching qualifications in the FE sector. We utilise the metaphor of "learning journey" as a heuristic to discuss the professional formation of student teachers in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Qualifications, Professional Development, Teacher Education