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Dan Williams – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2025
Skill is ubiquitous in the English Further Education (FE) sector's policy discourse and discursive practices, yet it is used in different ways to mean different things within the sector. Within the context of a deregulated FE Initial Teacher Education (ITE) system, the discourse is underpinned by a set of standards and guidance expected of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Teacher Educators, Employment Potential, College Graduates
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Stewart, Gordon – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2003
High profile mergers involving further education colleges have become a feature of post-16 education in England since the mid-1990s. Senior staff with little, if any, previous experience of the process have implemented most mergers and they are unlikely to repeat it. This article reviews merger activity in the further education sector since…
Descriptors: Evidence, Curriculum Development, Adult Education, Foreign Countries
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Foskett, Rosalind – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2005
The emergence of Foundation Degree programmes in response to employer workforce development needs provides a rich environment for the study of undergraduate curriculum innovation in the context of cross-sector partnerships in post-compulsory education. This article presents the findings of a case study of foundation degree development by consortia…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Study, Participant Observation, Adult Education