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Direct linkJohn Armstrong; Alice Sullivan – British Educational Research Journal, 2025
Athena Swan was established in 2005 with the goal of advancing the careers of women in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) subjects in higher education. Since then, it has expanded its remit in various ways and has generated some controversy. This paper explains how Athena Swan operates as a policy-scoring scheme,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, STEM Careers, Higher Education
O'Neill, Onora – Oxford Review of Education, 2013
Systems of accountability are "second order" ways of using evidence of the standard to which "first order" tasks are carried out for a great variety of purposes. However, more accountability is not always better, and processes of holding to account can impose high costs without securing substantial benefits. At their worst,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Evidence, Evaluation Utilization
Sclafani, Susan – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
Nations around the world are experimenting with ways to use salary incentives to recruit and retain teachers, fill vacancies in hard-to-staff areas, and improve student learning. These experiments come at a time when qualified teachers are in short supply and when teaching appears to be a less popular professional choice for young people. Programs…
Descriptors: Incentives, Foreign Countries, Teacher Salaries, Compensation (Remuneration)
Bando, Rosangela – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Institutional reforms have been proposed to improve the delivery and financing of education. School Based Management (SBM) is one such institutional reform where decision making is transferred to the school level. Funds are transferred directly to the school and parents, along with teachers and the principal, allocate and oversee the use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Schools, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Coyle, Tom – 1980
This study is the twentieth in a series of twenty reports completed by the Children's Environments Advisory Service for the International Year of the Child, 1979. The objective of the investigation was to examine the use of incentives to encourage desired housing quality improvements in new housing being built. Findings, conclusions and…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Foreign Countries, Housing, Improvement Programs
Kemmerer, Frances N., Ed.; Windham, Douglas M., Ed. – 1997
This UNESCO-sponsored report explores the value of applying incentive-based management concepts to educational planning. There is a continuing need for macro-educational planning if overall system coordination, coherence, efficiency, and equity are to be ensured. Chapter 1, "Incentive Concepts and Macro-Educational Planning," reviews key…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Development, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
