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Direct linkSwain, Jon; Hammond, Cathie – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2011
This paper examines the motivations and outcomes for mature students who study part-time in higher education (HE) in the UK. Although many students in HE are mature part-time learners, they have not been the specific focus of much research or policy interest. In-depth narrative interviews were carried out with 18 graduates who had studied…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Motivation, Part Time Students, Student Educational Objectives
Kubiak, Chris; Rogers, Anita M.; Turner, Annie – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
Foundation degrees have been developed in the UK as a means of meeting the learning needs of paraprofessionals in health and social care and the services within which they work in a cost-effective fashion. Workplace learning is an intrinsic component to these degrees. Taking a socio-cultural perspective, this paper examines how the students'…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Student Experience, College Students, Part Time Students
Boorman, Susan; Brown, Nigel; Payne, Philip; Ramsden, Brian – Universities UK, 2006
This is the report on part-time study in UK higher education institutions (HEIs) for Universities UK and GuildHE (previously SCOP) from Nigel Brown Associates. It forms Strand 2 of the wider research into part-time higher education commissioned by Universities UK and GuildHE using quantitative data not available from published sources and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Open Universities, Foreign Countries, Colleges
Kazeem, Kolawole – Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 2006
The participation of women in a higher education program depends on the extent to which the program takes into consideration the special needs of women--issues that have long plagued women's participation in education programs. In this study, we found that issues like childcare have not received any special consideration in the delivery of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mothers, Womens Education, Womens Studies
Murphy, Linda – Language Teaching Research, 2005
The relationship between attention to linguistic form and accuracy or to meaning and fluency in language learning has been explored by language learning researchers for many years. They point to the potential difficulties for learners in attending to form and meaning at the same time and the importance of exposure to meaningful target language…
Descriptors: Assignments, Open Universities, Distance Education, French
Download full textGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
In response to the need of military leaders to be better prepared to plan, support, and conduct joint (multi-service and multi-national) operations, Congress enacted the Goldwater- Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. Positive steps were taken to implement provisions in the Act that address the education, assignment, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Students, Agency Cooperation
