Education + Training: Volume 39 Issue 1

Subjects:

Table of contents

From the further education margins to the higher education centre? Innovation in continuing education

David Davies

Comments that both the higher education and further education sectors have experienced massive change and turbulence within the last decade. Explains that the growth of a mass…

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NVQs and the retail industry ‐ the experience of implementation

Sally J. Messenger

Remarks that, since the late 1980s, the UK government has invested significant levels of funding in the development of national competence‐based qualifications in an attempt to…

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New directions in student tutoring

John Potter

Explores the origins, value, impact and likely development of student tutoring in the UK, whereby students from universities and colleges volunteer to work alongside teachers for…

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IT’s for girls ‐ or is it?

Irene Ordidge

Provides an overview of the current situation relating to girls and young women and IT‐related education and careers. Compares UK IT employment statistics with other European…

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Enhancing the written communication skills of undergraduate students

Kathy Monks

Reports on the development of a writing skills module for first‐year undergraduate business students in Dublin City University Business School. Details how students complete a…

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Cover of Education + Training

ISSN:

0040-0912

Online date, start – end:

1959

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr Martin McCracken