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Gillian Knight; Helen Ordidge; Adam Rene Timothy; Matthew Davis – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2022
This article describes the implementation of a new student partnership across a large and diverse STEM faculty and the impact this four-year partnership had on enhancing students' experience. This innovative partnership recruited and employed students, termed student experience champions (SEC), to inform and develop inclusive educational…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Partnerships in Education, Student Participation, Educational Practices
UK Department for Education, 2021
In 2017, the government launched Career Learning Pilots in order to test the design and provision of various training approaches for working adults with low to intermediate skills. As part of this initiative, the Department for Education provided approximately £11.3 million in funding to pilot projects that offered flexible and accessible ways of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Adult Students, Student Participation
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Walker, Richard; Forbes, Dianne – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
Whilst increasingly widespread, teaching online can be a solo endeavour. In this paper, we consider how peer exchange between online tutors from different institutions may offer a solution to this professional isolation. We report on a cross-institutional peer observation and mentoring programme between the Universities of York (UK) and Waikato…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Peer Teaching, Tutors, Tutoring
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Baxter, Gavin J.; Connolly, Thomas; Stansfield, Mark – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2011
This paper investigates the implementation and use of an internal organisational blog by several departments in the HR division in a large public sector financial organisation in the UK. This qualitative study adopts a case study approach and examines the experiences of staff using the blog to explore whether it can facilitate organisational…
Descriptors: Organizational Communication, Web 2.0 Technologies, Social Media, Public Sector
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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
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Gunter, Helen – School Organisation, 1996
Discusses teachers' perceptions of an externally imposed appraisal process at a small British special school. Examines teachers' experiences to explore whether appraisal can be a learning process enabling schools to become learning organizations. Teachers will only become conscious, competent learners if they design their tasks within a flexible,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Wilkinson, J. Eric; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1995
Describes a longitudinal and ecological methodology for evaluating innovation in preschool education which features the involvement of those responsible for the innovation being evaluated. Reviews the use of this methodology in an evaluation of community nursery schools in the Strathclyde region of Scotland. (MDM)
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Integrated Services
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Youens, Bernadette; Hall, Christine – Teacher Development, 2006
This article reports the findings of a six-year project to involve pupils systematically in the pre-service education of secondary school teachers. The project, developed in the partnership between an English university and local schools, involves structured discussions between school pupils and student teachers during the practical teaching phase…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Professional Development Schools
Anderson, D. S.; Blakers, C. – National Clearinghouse on Transition from School Abstracts, 1983
This booklet contains abstracts of research reports, papers, and other material on the topic of young people and education, especially in the United Kingdom. The abstracts are arranged in the following categories: social and educational developments, programs, and periodicals. Within each of these sections, the abstracts are arranged and numbered…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Access to Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance