The transition into higher education is a critical time for all students. A positive early experience provides a strong foundation for future academic success whilst a negative experience can be destabilising for a new learner. To date, research has primarily focused on full-time undergraduates in order to explain the reasons for high attrition…

Describes the establishment of a community study centre in a century-old school building in Fringford, England and discusses some activities in which school children participated. (SDH)

Interviews with more than 150 students and 60 staff in British secondary schools identified reasons for using study support centers: enjoyment, help with learning, absence of disruptive students, atmosphere, working with friends, and better environment than home. Study support helped them acquire knowledge and skills; in the right conditions, it…

Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs) deliver specialist vocational provision with a focus on increasing learner numbers at Level 3. They aim to produce skilled and appropriately qualified workers to meet the needs of the economy by enhancing the skills and careers of those already in work, the employability of new entrants to the labor …

This is an exploratory study of interpersonal relationships in the sixth form class of a comprehensive secondary school. The focus is on the students' common room--a combination homeroom, lounge, and study hall--and how students interact there in cooperation and conflict. The data were derived from interviews. (Author/SJL)