Education + Training: Volume 38 Issue 3

“Brighter futures”... education partnership activity within Whitbread plc

Tony Allen

Describes the approach taken by Whitbread plc to education/industry links, including detail of the structure, strategy and activities undertaken. The main objectives of the…

The learning aims of higher education: a personal reflection

Tom Bourner

Considers the role of higher education with reference to the development of students as people rather than simply receptacles for knowledge. Charts the author’s development as an…

Competence‐based vocational training: ten years on and still down the wrong path?

Simon Foot, David Megginson

Begins by reviewing technical progress towards establishment of an effective and standardized, competence‐based vocational education and training system, and compares this…

Experiential learning in a postgraduate project management programme

Richard E. Hicks

States that experiential learning, action learning and action research have long been recognized as among the most effective means of acquiring professional education and…