International Journal of Lifelong Education

The current, pervasive concern with educational quality arises from a context of pressure for enhanced educational accountability. This pressure derives from the increasing popularity of economic rationalism, in which a premium is placed on efficiency and effectiveness. Educational accountability in…

The notion that provision for the education of adults is moving somewhat inevitably, if at uneven speeds, from an initially voluntary provision to a largely public provision, needs some introductory clarification. The Russell Report of 1973 x while recommending an energetic lead from the central gov…