ERIC Number: ED431093
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1998-Jul
Pages: 139
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ISBN: ISBN-0-0903508-168
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Developing CPD in Britain and the Wider Europe. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the UACE CVE (York, England, September 1997).
Universities Association for Continuing Education, Cambridge (England).
This document contains 8 plenary papers and 15 workshop presentations from a conference on development continuing professional development (CPD) and continuing vocational education (CVE) in United Kingdom and Europe. The following papers are included: "How CPD Adds Value to Professional Personnel and Development Activity" (Judy Whittaker); "CVE Developments in Universities: Managing Your Own CPD" (John Geale); "CPD in the UK Engineering Profession: The Provisions of Professional Guidance and Support" (K.G. Smith); "Issues Relating to the Problem of Delivering CPD into the Community" (David Shepherd); "The European Credit Transfer System (ECTS)" (Michel Jouve); "Continuing Professional Development and Challenges for the Professions in Europe" (Valerie A. Mitchell); "CPD--A View from Industry" (William Francis, Bernard Dawkins); "Evaluation for HEFCE [Higher Education Funding Council for England] of the CVE Initiative" (Alan Marr, Glenn Rikowski); "Managing Change, Changing Managers: CPD in a Restructured Industry" (Stephen Birchett); "CPD and the Assessment of Professional Competence in Surveying" (Sarah Sayce, Mike Green, Tom Kennie); "An Independent Learning Module: Would It Work for You?" (Jenny Smith); "Flexible Provision of Open Learning: Working in Partnerships to Provide Vocational Education in Rural Areas" (Susan Clayton); "Identifying Good Practice in the Promotion of CVE" (Anthony Amatrudo); "Europe and Credit Transfer" (Gaie Davidson-Burnet, Paul Bulley); "Learning Better from Experience" (Mike Edmunds); "Understanding the Learner: A New Paradigm for University CPD" (Roseanne Benn); "Fast Forward to the Future: Corporate and Academic Learning Partnerships--The Case of the University of Surrey and Fina plc" (Barbara Cox); "Promoting Added Value through Evaluation of Training" (Jane Field); "Networking on CVE in Europe" (Edward Thomas); "Needs and Deeds: A Case Study in Providing for Self-Managed Learning" (Sue Thurston); "Continuing Professional Development: A Discussion Paper" (Bob Gibbs, Harry Gray); "A Model for a Generic Continuing Professional Development Masters Programme" (Gillian Jordan, Bernadette Katchoff); and "CPD and Doctoral Study" (Jonathan Garnett, Lucy Thorne). (MN)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Career Guidance, Competence, Coordination, Corporate Education, Corporations, Credits, Delivery Systems, Educational Cooperation, Educational Practices, Educational Trends, Flexible Progression, Higher Education, Independent Study, International Cooperation, International Educational Exchange, Masters Degrees, Needs Assessment, Open Education, Partnerships in Education, Postsecondary Education, Professional Continuing Education, Professional Development, Professional Occupations, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Rural Areas, Rural Education, School Business Relationship, Student Characteristics, Student Evaluation, Technical Occupations, Transfer Policy, Trend Analysis
Universities Association for Continuing Education, University of Cambridge Board of Continuing Education, Madingley Hall, Cambridge, CB3 8AQ, England, United Kingdom (3 British pounds, plus postage and packing).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Universities Association for Continuing Education, Cambridge (England).
Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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