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Cooke, Gillian; Elliott, Gill – Research Matters, 2021
In times of crisis it is good to look back. Not only is it comforting, but better understanding of events in our past can inform decision-making and help us find direction at uncertain times. COVID-19 may have presented new challenges, but this exploration of historical disruptions to school exams highlights themes and a recognisable human spirit.…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Testing, Pandemics, War
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Heffernan, Troy A. – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2021
Vice-chancellor salaries have been a topic of media interest and scholarly research for decades. In recent years, however, the media's interest and criticism of vice-chancellors' salaries has escalated, as negativity surrounding university performance and administration has led to a significant increase in articles concerning these matters. This…
Descriptors: Salaries, Cross Cultural Studies, College Administration, Educational Quality
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Bright, N. Geoffrey – Ethnography and Education, 2016
Drawing on research in de-industrialised coal-mining communities in the north of England, this article focuses on how experiences of some young people might be approached through a notion of precarity linked to the idea of a "social haunting" of the coalfields. Concentrating on data gathered in the period after the 2010 change of UK…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fuels, Mining, Security (Psychology)