Discusses how British students and faculty members from ethnic minority groups are calling on universities to do a better job of including them. (EV)

The diversified role of the academic in Great Britain is discussed. It is suggested that not only must a faculty member teach and do research, but the position demands the qualities of an entrepreneur as the university world becomes increasingly competitive and capitalistic. (SF)

Recent proposed and enacted changes in Britain's postsecondary faculty salary structures and the resulting effects on the faculty's relationships with the institutions are examined. (MSE)

The structure and scope of faculty unionization in American, British, and Canadian universities are compared. The importance of the legal foundation for unionization, the organizational characteristics of the unions, and the status of the bargaining contract are analyzed from the standpoint of their impact on management. (Author/MLW)

This article records and assesses developments in relations between employers and academic staff in British polytechnic institutes and colleges. It focuses on the conditions of service and contracts of employment for lecturers. It also analyzes to what extent these issues are symptomatic of a shift in the employee relations strategy of schools…

Issues pertaining to the teaching function of higher education are considered in four papers from the sixth seminar of the Leverhulme Programme of the Study into the Future of Higher Education. In "Teachers and Staffing," Norman Lindop, Neil Merritt, Brian Gowenlock, and David Warren Piper review the varied contexts and conditions of the…

The implications of Great Britain's incorporation and reorganization of non-university higher education for the faculty-college relationship is examined, including the role of the new funding agency, the future of collective bargaining, and personnel policy. (MSE)

This paper provides practical advice on reviewing and designing disciplinary procedures and is set in the context of incorporation of further education and sixth form colleges in England. Reasons are provided for having disciplinary rules, based on the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service's (ACAS) Code of Practice. Relevant English…

This publication describes the experiences of nine British colleges in developing and implementing their own models of caseloading and workloading. It begins with an executive summary (Sue Carroll) and "Introduction" (Sue Carroll) that discusses workloading, caseloading, and hybrids that incorporate elements from both. Part I on…