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Gee, Geoff; Worth, Jack; Sims, David – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2015
This election factsheet highlights the following points: (1) Academies receive their funding directly from the government, rather than through local authorities like other state funded schools; (2) There are two types: converter academies (those previously with "good" or "outstanding" Ofsted grades that have converted to…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Career Academies, School Effectiveness, Institutional Characteristics
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Hartman, Eric; Chaire, Cassandra – Journal of Public Scholarship in Higher Education, 2014
As a component of university international education programming, international volunteerism and global community engagement by university students and faculty are on the rise. While the benefits to student learning related to this kind of programming have been well researched, community impact is rarely assessed. This article considers the…
Descriptors: International Education, Volunteers, Community Benefits, Service Learning
Hanemann, Ulrike – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
The paper analyses the status and characteristics of adult literacy campaigns and programmes since 2000. Global trends are analysed in terms of the ten key aspects of the suggested framework for successful literacy campaigns and programmes. Four case studies on major literacy campaigns in Brazil, India, South Africa and Indonesia are used to…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Publicity, Adult Literacy, Global Approach