Includes an interview with Mr. G.C.C. Gell, Director of CAPITB, with special emphasis on levy/grant schemes in the chemical industry which consists of many small firms. (SE)

Critiques the effectiveness of three national governing boards which control and manage British higher education. Arguments for increasing the powers of the University Grants Committee and decreasing those of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals are presented. (AM)

The 1988 Chicago Reform Act has empowered minority parents to create change in their children's schools. Britain's Education Reform Act of 1988 had the same intent, but school governing bodies are still dominated by professionals, politicians, and business representatives. (SK)

Adult numeracy curriculum tends to be school-math based or limited to learners' immediate interests. An attempt should be made to expand it by integrating numeracy skills with preparation for responsible citizenship. (SK)

The Russell Report on adult Education in England and Wales is reviewed. (MS)

A study was made in England to determine whether practices in industry were (or were likely to be) consistent with the objectives of the Industrial Training Act of 1964. A case study of a medium-sized engineering firm near Manchester showed that the firm was concerned with avoiding potential training expenses but not with improving the efficiency…

This booklet gives details, approved by the British Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity, of grants which will be paid by the Knitting, Lace, and Net Industry Board for training and further education during the training year, 1 August 1969-31 July 1970. Two categories are stressed: (1) day, block, release, and full time courses and…

The Cornwall Directory of Further Education 1969-70 contains courses, colleges, and college announcements sections. The first lists all courses of one year or longer (excluding evening-only courses) which may be taken at colleges of further education. Under each course is given a list of colleges at which it may be taken. There is a comprehensive…

Colleges were founded in many cities of Victorian England. Some failed; others became the civic universities of twentieth-century Britain. How these civic universities were governed is described. Specifically discussed are courts, councils, trustees, faculty, powers, curriculum, appointments, finance, principals, and constitutions. (RM)

This booklet gives details, approved by the British Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity, of grants which will be paid by the Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board (PPITB) in the training year 1 August 1969-31 July 1970. General conditions of grant are noted first, followed by a summary of categories and rates of grant.…

Five papers examine various facets of the new administrative structures of continuing education in England since 1970. Papers include: the chief administrative officer as college secretary (R.J. Stephens); the chief administrative officer and the academic board (A.M. Davis); the department head and the academic board (H.D. Law); decisionmaking and…

This book analyzes Great Britain's higher education system in a state of sustained and extensive transition. It is based on interviews with 80 academic staff members and 55 graduate students across six disciplines (economics, history, physics, sociology, modern languages, and biochemistry) in 16 institutions of higher education. Over the 6 years…

The document contains brief discussions of the role of the kind of adult education that institutions and organizations provide in England, Wales, and Scotland. The types of organizations and institutions considered include: the National Institute of Adult Education; Department of Education and Science; Her Majesty's Forces; Prison Department;…

Major features of further education in England and Wales are analyzed, and ways are suggested in which it might profitably develop during the 1970's. Major activities and legislation from the 1944 Education Act through the Industrial Training Act of 1964 are reviewed. Although strictly a part of higher education, the training and the supply of…

The introduction to this book discusses the development in commercial and clerical training since the Industrial Training Act, in particular the approach made by the Industrial Training Boards, and by the Central Training Council through its publication, "Training for Commerce and the Office." The main body of the publication analyzes a…