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Direct linkLloyd, Catherine; Wolstencroft, Peter – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2022
In this article, we examine the role of the Principal within Further Education colleges in England and explore the often neglected issue of succession planning in the sector. To provide background and context to the current situation, key policies and developments over the past 30 years are reviewed and challenges identified. Interviews with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Principals, Educational Planning
Beverley Morris; Jon Thedham – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2025
Resilience training for Further Education (FE) managers has become an increasingly familiar aspect of management development. This paper challenges the accepted orthodoxies underpinning resilience as a 'learnable' skill required to succeed as a manager. In particular, it addresses the concepts of toxic positivity, growth mindset (Dweck) and Grit…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Postsecondary Education, Neoliberalism, Cooperation
Stoten, David William – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
The growth in opportunities to enter higher education in the past two decades has led to a remarkable increase in the proportion of the British population who are now educated to graduate level. This transformation of the landscape of higher education has also been associated with an increase in student dropout, increasing dependence on lecturers,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Undergraduate Students, Business Schools, Management Development
Blackmore, Paul – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2007
The influence of disciplinary identity remains significant in understanding academic practice, although its nature and extent has been debated. A framework of organisational, cognitive and social perspectives is commonly used as a means of structuring investigation. A limited amount of empirical research on academic roles, attitudes, beliefs and…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Management Development, Leadership, Higher Education
Hall, Valerie – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2004
This article was written, but never published, by Dr. Valerie Hall, who died in 2002. Its existence was brought to my attention by Professor Ron Glatter at the memorial event for her held at the University of Bristol. It was presented at a seminar in Milton Keynes in 1998 as part of an ESRC series on "Redefining Educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Learning Theories
Mulcahy, Dianne – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2004
The roles and expectations of managers in the Australian vocational education and training (VET) sector are changing under dynamically complex conditions. The adoption of a more "open" national training market as a government policy initiative has led to significant changes within VET providers and significant challenges for VET managers. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrator Role, Expectation, Vocational Education
