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Direct linkManville, Catriona; Jones, Molly Morgan; Frearson, Michael; Castle-Clarke, Sophie; Henham, Marie-Louise; Gunashekar, Salil; Grant, Jonathan – RAND Europe, 2015
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 is a nationwide initiative designed to assess the quality of research in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). For the first time, REF 2014 introduced the wider impact of research, alongside the quality of research and the vitality of the research environment, into the assessment of research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research, Higher Education, Outcome Measures
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Download full textFitzgerald, Saira – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2017
This article presents the results of the first Canada-wide survey on how university admissions personnel view the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) in relation to other curricula. The purpose of this study was twofold: (i) to move beyond anecdote and discover how Canada compares with universities in the UK and Australia/NZ, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Advanced Placement Programs, Universities, Admissions Officers
Manville, Catriona; Jones, Molly Morgan; Henham, Marie-Louise; Castle-Clarke, Sophie; Frearson, Michael; Gunashekar, Salil; Grant, Jonathan – RAND Europe, 2015
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 is a nationwide initiative designed to assess the quality of research in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). For the first time, REF 2014 introduced the wider impact of research, alongside the quality of research and the vitality of the research environment, into the assessment of research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research, Higher Education, Outcome Measures
Swain, Jon – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
This paper draws on data that formed part of a major three-year longitudinal study (2008-2011), which set out to investigate basic skills (BS) provision and needs in the British army and its relationship to operational effectiveness. Using mixed methods, the findings draw on qualitative data from 60 semi-structured interviews with 26 young…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Basic Skills, Operations Research, Longitudinal Studies
da Costa, António Firmino; Pegado, Elsa; Ávila, Patrícia; Coelho, Ana Rita – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2015
This article focuses on teachers' perceptions of the implementation and impact in Portuguese schools of a wide-ranging and long-term reading promotion programme. The Portuguese National Reading Plan (PNRP) was a public policy initiative whose purpose was to increase literacy levels and reading habits among the population. The Plan identified…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Programs, Reading Improvement
Dickson, Martina – Improving Schools, 2013
Government schools in Abu Dhabi, as part of wide-scale educational reforms undertaken in the whole of the United Arab Emirates, have undergone massive school improvement developments over the past seven years. Over the course of these years, the reality of student life for those in government schools has been widely altered. This research explores…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Public Schools, Educational Change, Secondary School Students
Hardman, Frank; Hardman, Jan; Dachi, Hillary; Elliott, Louise; Ihebuzor, Noel; Ntekim, Maniza; Tibuhinda, Audax – Professional Development in Education, 2015
This paper reports on the findings of a pilot school-based professional development programme for Tanzanian primary school teachers launched in February 2011 and evaluated in December 2012 by the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training with the support of UNICEF. The study set out to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of the pilot…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Program Implementation, Elementary School Teachers
Allen, Jeanne Maree; Turner, David – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
The importance of strong school-university partnerships in bridging the so-called theory practice gap in pre-service teacher education has been well established in the literature. The experiences of pre-service teachers during practicum have in particular been shown to be enhanced where there are strong links between the two educational sectors.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Practicums, Performance Factors, Student Teaching
