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O'Malley, Ian K. – International Labour Review, 1982
Examines the extent to which a national policy on paid educational leave might help to overcome problems in manpower, labor, and education, using examples from four countries and comparing their positions regarding the formulation of coordinated policies and coordination with manpower, training, labor, and education policies. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Fringe Benefits, Labor Force, Management Development
Lodge, Bert – Times Educational Supplement (London), 1978
A summary of "Making INSET Work," a Department of Education and Science report which proposes various format options for the in-service education of teachers (INSET). (SJL)
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, National Programs, Program Design, Program Development
HUNTER, JOHN – 1965
IN THE 18 MONTHS SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT BECAME LAW, NINE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BOARDS HAVE BEEN SET UP BY THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR TO COVER PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES. THE BOARDS WILL COMPILE A REGISTER OF FIRMS WITHIN EACH INDUSTRY, PREPARE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TYPE AND LENGTH OF TRAINING, AND IMPLEMENT A GRANT AND LEVY SYSTEM TO COVER TRAINING…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Financial Support, General Education, Incentive Grants
Hicks, Wynford, Ed. – 1968
The directory lists further education courses in Britain for 1968-69 and is organized in three sections: (1) colleges--institutions by geographical area including codes, names, addresses, and telephone numbers; (2) courses--details of each course and codes referring to colleges and (3) college announcements--further details of a number of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Colleges, Course Descriptions
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Committee for Out-of-School Education and Cultural Development. – 1976
Five separate national studies describe and analyze government involvement in various continuing education delivery systems in five European countries: Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway. The German study traces the historical background of further education in the Federal Republic of Germany, the provisions of the 1974 North…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Delivery Systems
HUNTER, JOHN – 1967
IN ITS FIRST THREE YEARS, THE CENTRAL TRAINING COUNCIL HAS SET UP 18 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BOARDS AND GUIDED THEM ON SUCH MATTERS AS TRAINER, MANAGEMENT, AND CLERICAL TRAINING. THE BOARDS ADMINISTER A GRANT AND LEVY SYSTEM TO DISTRIBUTE EQUITABLY THE COST OF TRAINING AND TO ENSURE THAT TRAINING IS ADEQUATE, RECOMMEND THE SYLLABUS AND TRAINING…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Clerical Workers, Course Evaluation, Financial Support
Levine, Herbert A. – 1977
This report is a digest of a larger work, "Developments in Paid Leave of Absence," a report including case studies and analysis of the collective experience of nine European countries and the United States with paid educational leave. Section I defines paid educational leave as "leave given to an employee for educational purposes…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Education, Educational Opportunities