Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2011)
The purpose of this article is to review the models of sustainable leadership which are currently available in the compulsory sector to establish whether the models are appropriate for post-compulsory education, and in particular for general further education colleges. Due to the complexities of the…
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2011)
Educational studies as a discipline is now a feature in many British universities, but little research has been undertaken to explore what kinds of student choose the subject, how easily they access it or how they fare as undergraduate students. This article attempts to address this paucity of resea…
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2009)
Students undertaking employment during term time is a growing phenomenon, and whilst there is an awareness that a large proportion of our undergraduates have part-time jobs, the type and extent of this work and the learning experiences gained is less clear. The purpose of this article is to outline …
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2009)
This article explores the recent development of new spheres of public engagement within UK higher education through an analysis of the foundation degree qualification. These, according to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), were designed to equip students with the combination o…
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2008)
Health and Social Care Foundation Degree (FD HSC) development commenced at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) in 2005: the university already had a variety of validated programmes of this design, thus this new provision was able to draw on expertise of proven worth in the local economy. Over…
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2008)
The UK educational assessment landscape is changing, characterised by attempts to create more flexible pathways through learning. This has led to attempts to formalise the comparative relationships between different general and vocational qualifications. The National Qualifications Framework (NQF), …
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2008)
Fifteen years ago further education (FE) colleges in England were removed from local education authority (LEA) control and re-formed as ‘FE corporations’. Now, it is proposed that, from 2010, local authorities will become re-involved in the running of FE. Given such a prospect, this article takes th…
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2006)
This paper explores how vocational, occupational, practical or indeed experiential education can assist in the development of phronesis or practical wisdom within the responsible learner. It proposes that formalized, institutionalized education might inhibit the development of phronesis in the quest…
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2006)
Further education has very different accreditation arrangements than the higher education sector. There are no convincing rationales for these differences; they stem from history, and have often arisen as a result of other decisions on the organization and funding of the two sectors. The overlapping…
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2006)
This paper examines the relationship between quality of instruction of faculty members as assessed by students and the assessment periods involved. It is based on analysis carried out in Israel's largest public college. Our aim was to explore whether investments to improve the quality of instruction…
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2004)
An increasing amount of research now relates to students who work part-time during third level study. The advantages and disadvantages of this situation have been widely discussed in the literature and positive aspects of part-time work relating to graduate employment are given in several recent rep…
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(2001)
This paper highlights the extent of vocationalism on higher level tourism courses and outlines a typology of undergraduate degrees. Industry influence on curriculum content is considered in the light of a few modules on one particular single honours degree programme. Finally, issues are raised for t…
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(1999)
Post-compulsory teacher training in England has been under review, and standards developed by the Further Education Staff Development Forum were to be launched in January 1999 as a precursor to a mandatory qualification for teachers in further education in England and Wales. Until now, many further …
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(1997)
This paper discusses the introduction of competence based qualifications from the users’ perspective, which includes those involved in undertaking competence based qualifications for professional development and those involved in their delivery. It draws on experiences of the City Lit Training Unit …
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(1994)
This paper discusses the capacity of competency Standards of an integrated kind to incorporate the values and attitudes that are crucial to the effective performance of many occupations. It is argued that far from being a limitation, competency standards that conceptualise work in terms of key human…
Published:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(1990)
In this paper we comment on the notion of competence and on the widely-recommended practice of defining learning and assessment in terms of competence statements. Two lines of comment are explored. Firstly, we consider the meaning of competence as an aspect of the description of human activity, and …
