This work discusses and analyzes New Labour's emerging policies in the area of 14+ education and training. The authors present an account of developments in the area of post-compulsory education and training in the workplace and outline the challenges to be faced in the next decade.
This work discusses and analyzes New Labour's emerging policies in the area of 14+ education and training. The authors present an account of developme...
Participation in higher education - and particularly widening participation to students from less-privileged social groups and those who have traditionally not entered HE - has been a major issue since at least the early 1950s. Widening participation has been an active policy of almost all UK governments for over 40 years, but the issue is perhaps reaching an impasse, with numbers at best static and key groups still effectively excluded from higher education. With issues such as student fees and high drop-out rates still political hot potatoes, this book is a survey of the issues behind...
Participation in higher education - and particularly widening participation to students from less-privileged social groups and those who have traditio...
Attempts to understand the poorly understood learning sector by both talking to students and front-line staff and by interviewing the officials responsible for managing post-compulsory education and lifelong learning. It conclude that there are serious fai
Attempts to understand the poorly understood learning sector by both talking to students and front-line staff and by interviewing the officials respon...
Hodgson, Ann Spours, Ken (both of Institute of Education, University of L Hodgson, Ann
Concern about the purpose, shape and effectiveness of the 14-19 qualification system is not new, but debate and pressure for reform have intensified. The Dearing Review of qualifications was hoped to be a way of focusing this debate and forging some kind of concensus for reform. This book demonstrates that the debate continues, and there is as yet no consensus either on the future shape of the 14-19 qualifications structure or on the steps and stages of reform.
Concern about the purpose, shape and effectiveness of the 14-19 qualification system is not new, but debate and pressure for reform have intensified. ...
The authors provide an overview of current policy in the 14-19 area. They cover changes to 14-19 education, diplomas, and work-based learning in the context of new developments.
They provide a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the new 14-19 phase with a focus on A levels and GCSEs, the new 14-19 Diplomas vocational learning and institutional collaboration. Drawing on international and historical analysis, recent research and practice and interveiws with policy actors, the authors set out the case for a more unified and strongly collaborative approach to the organisation...
The authors provide an overview of current policy in the 14-19 area. They cover changes to 14-19 education, diplomas, and work-based learning in the c...
