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Katie Stripe; Iro Ntonia – Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 2023
Higher Education Institutions across the world hold a moral and, in many cases, legal responsibility to make their educational offerings inclusive. Universities may rely solely on checklists of recommendations, which although a key component of developing equitable and inclusive teaching, often fall short of accounting for the multifaceted range…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Equal Education, Diversity, Higher Education
Wray, Mike; Houghton, Ann-Marie – Teaching in Higher Education, 2019
Since 1995 the UK higher education sector has been required to implement national disability related legislation. This paper reports on a study which explored the role that policies play in influencing how staff support disabled students. In particular the extent to which staff in HE behave in similar ways to those described as street level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Educational Policy
Crane, Laura; Davies, Jade; Fritz, Anne; O'Brien, Sarah; Worsley, Alison; Ashworth, Maria; Remington, Anna – British Journal of Special Education, 2021
Education professionals (n = 41) in special schools were interviewed about supporting their autistic pupils transitioning to adulthood following the introduction of the Children and Families Act 2014. Our participants explained how they lacked the time to fully implement knowledge gained from training, leading to growing reliance on experiential…
Descriptors: Autism, Special Schools, Students with Disabilities, School Personnel
Palfreyman, David – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2015
This article explores the new Legislative Act concerned with the "Risk of Being Drawn into Terrorism" and the need for "Preventing People Being Drawn into Terrorism." It provides consultation and guidance to specified authorities such as universities on how they should go about implementing this "Prevent" duty. The…
Descriptors: Terrorism, Emergency Programs, Crisis Management, College Programs
Attwood, Lynn – Support for Learning, 2013
Consultation of the DfE's Green Paper, "Support and Aspiration: A New Approach to Special Educational Needs," provoked considerable debate among public and private sector professionals, parents and young people over the planned special educational needs reform. Since then, publication of the Children and Families Bill in 2013 indicates…
Descriptors: Special Education, Student Needs, Disabilities, Educational Change
Hills, Geraldine – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Under the Equality Act (2010), all schools and service providers have a legal obligation to make provision for disabled pupils, staff and school users. If you're feeling confused and concerned about the content and implications of the Disability Duty Act (1995) and the more recently released Equality Act (2010), and how it affects your setting,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Disabilities, Inclusion, Educational Legislation
Sin, Cristina – Tertiary Education and Management, 2013
This article compares the national-level requirements for master degree provision in England, Denmark and Portugal following the implementation of the Bologna Process, and ponders upon the reconcilability of these requirements in cross-national initiatives (e.g. joint degrees). In all three countries, master degrees have to comply with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs, Qualifications
Matthews, Nicole – Teaching in Higher Education, 2009
Drawing on the insights of critical disability studies, this article addresses anxieties frequently articulated by academic staff around the implementation of the United Kingdom's Disability Discrimination Act: how to accommodate the needs of students with "hidden" impairments. Following the social model of disability, it argues that…
Descriptors: Disability Discrimination, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Policy Analysis
Harris, Alma; Allen, Tracey – School Leadership & Management, 2009
This article considers the challenges and issues facing school leaders in the implementation of Every Child Matters. It outlines the factors that contribute to the effective delivery of Every Child Matters and outlines some of the barriers that make the delivery of this agenda more difficult. The article concludes that school leaders play a…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Training, Equal Education, Access to Education

Selwyn, Neil; Fitz, John – Journal of Education Policy, 2001
The costly National Grid for Learning initiative embodies the fast-growing influence of both market and technological forces in UK education. An initial study reveals that the NGFL does not represent a radical shift toward business-dominated educational policy-making, but reflects New Labour's "healthy pragmatism" toward policy…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation

Ainscow, Mel; Hopkins, David – Educational Leadership, 1992
In many countries, education legislation embodies contradictory pressures for centralization and decentralization. In the United Kingdom, there is growing government control over policy and direction of schools; schools are also being given more responsibility for resource management. "Moving" schools within Improving the Quality of…
Descriptors: Centralization, Decentralization, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Linsey, Alison; McAuliffe, Ann-Marie – Children & Society, 2006
The Childcare Act 2006 is the first piece of legislation of its kind in the UK, and is a significant development for the early years sector and childcare services more broadly. Ensuring every child has the best start in life is one of the guiding principles of the Government's 10-year strategy for childcare, but the strategies for implementation…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Legislation, Child Care, Foreign Countries

Vevers, Paul – British Journal of Special Education, 1992
This article summarizes the 1992 British report, "Getting in on the Act," which examines implementation of the 1981 Education Act and recommends provisions for students with special needs. Criticisms of the 1981 Act focus on its lack of clarity, lack of accountability, and lack of incentives. A new relationship between local education…
Descriptors: Accountability, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Flower, Fred, Ed.; Russell, Russ, Ed. – 1982
A party of vocational educators from the United Kingdom (UK) traveled to the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to observe the role of industrial tutors in providing technical training to German workers. During their study, the investigators focused their attention on the role of the meister in the vocational education and training system in…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs
Rodamar, Daniele; Rodamar, Jeffery W. – 1990
Although education technologies have had a substantial impact on curricula, teaching, and learning, the overall impact on education has been limited. Evaluative studies of technology in the classroom in California, England, and France, have shown that computers and other new education technologies were embraced initially as viable educational…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Technology, Federal Legislation
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