Education + Training: Volume 46 Issue 4

What is the future for undergraduate dissertations?

This article argues that the changing nature of the dissertation experience, and its associated supervision, calls for more detailed attention to the development of dissertation…

Towards a shared understanding of skill shortages: differing perceptions of training and development needs

The question of how to develop human capabilities to meet current and future needs of organisations has become an important issue at national, organisational and individual…

The impact of approaches to learning and cognition on academic performance in business and management

Results of a study into the relationships between students’ academic performance and their cognitive and learning styles are presented. A questionnaire containing three…

Developing knowledge and skills in engineers: a learning laboratory

This paper discusses the knowledge and skill requirements for manufacturing system design and describes an innovative “learning laboratory” approach to educating graduate level…

What Video Games Have to Teach Us about Learning and Literacy

Brighter prospects for graduates

Network of high-street learning centres planned

More than half of secondary schools are part of specialist network

USA dominates list of top universities

England's first vocational-skills centre opens

Anglo-French university will open in September

Kick-off for language-learning project

Individual Preferences in E-learning

Survey reveals young people's confusion about financial arrangements for HE

Students with learning difficulties speak out on further education

More money for Learning and Skills Beacons

Teenagers "apathetic and ignorant" about politics

Science and technology in the acceding states

Scouts are prepared for IT world

Euro-MPs back extension for Media programmes