Further education re-formed / edited by Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smithers, Alan, 1938-

Robinson, Pamela, 1942-

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

New millennium series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Higher--Great Britain--Evaluation.

Education, Higher.

Forecasting.

Great Britain.

Evaluation.

Education, Higher--Great Britain--Forecasting.

Higher education and state--Great Britain.

Higher education and state.

Physical Description:

x, 222 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Falmer Press, 2000.

Summary:

After more than a century of being undervalued, further education has been thrust into the limelight. How have the colleges fared? How have they been shaped by the new arrangements for funding, governance, and inspection, as well as the new qualifications framework? What do those running the colleges and working in them make of the changes? What are their proper prospects for the new millennium?

Further Education Reformed is the definitive account of where further education is now and where it might be heading. Containing specifically commissioned papers by some of the most respected academics currently working in the field of further education, this book portrays the situation as it is now and looks forward to the developments of the coming years. It will be vital reading for anyone concerned with further education in particular and education in general, whether as a policy-maker, governor, manager, teacher, employer, or student.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Making of a New Sector / Alan Smithers, Pamela Robinson 1

2 The Emergence of the Colleges / John Pratt 13

3 The Present Picture / David Melville, Deirdre Macleod 26

4 Recurrent Funding / Roger Mcclure 37

5 The Qualifications Framework / Alan Smithers 60

6 Curriculum and Learning / Richard Dimbleby, Clive Cooke 73

7 Staff Relations / Dan Taubman 82

8 Governance and Management / Michael Shattock 89

9 The Changing Campus / George Edwards 103

10 Partnerships with the Community / Julian Gravatt, Ruth Silver 115

11 Widening Participation / Annette Zera, Tom Jupp 129

12 The Web of Interaction with Employers / Patrick Coldstream 141

13 Franchising / Guardino Rospigliosi 152

14 Accountability and Audit / Jim Donaldson 160

15 Research / Geoff Stanton 174

16 Colleges in the New Millennium / Alan Smithers, Pamela Robinson 191.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0750709073

0750709065

OCLC:

41886134