Points out that few firms in Britain have alcohol recovery policies and that management will have little incentive to introduce such policies as long as it is relatively easy to dismiss employees for alcohol-related offenses. (JOW)

In the Federal Republic of Germany, temporary employment has been extensively regulated, whereas the British government has been more permissive. Despite differences in legislation, the level, distribution, and characteristics of temporary employment and workers are very similar. The number of temporary jobs has not grown as expected. (Author/SK)

Discusses how the universities' capacity for change is limited by security of tenure. (Editor)

Offers a different strategy for the recruitment of teachers. (Editor/PG)

Shows how new developments such as changes in curricula and in the nature of the student population have drawn attention to the training needs of further education teachers. Discusses complexities of policy, needs assessment, orientation, and management. (SK)

The purposes of the academic tenure system are examined, and an alternative system using two types of appointment, a permanent fellowship and a term contract, is proposed. Under this plan, all faculty would retain traditional rights, and retirement would be overriden by contracts. Institutions would also be given considerable flexibility. (MSE)

Examines the gap between the proportion of women teachers and women students in the universities of Great Britain and discusses the impact of women's qualifications, publications, attitudes, role conflicts, marriages and families, as well as salary levels and contracts on this condition. (LL)

The problems of resource allocation and management within open learning systems in colleges of further and higher education in Britain are discussed in this paper, with particular focus on the deployment of academic staff. First, the components of open learning systems are outlined; e.g., providing materials for students' private study, grading…

Discusses measures that have been adopted by France, Great Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States, and Japan to prolong the work life of older workers. Measures include job transfer and exemption, dismissal protection, retirement policies, and reintegration of unemployed older workers. (JOW)

There is in the United States an increasing interest in pensions for teachers. In several cities and States some form of pension system has been adopted. Public opinion on this subject is, however by no means unanimous. Many doubt the wisdom or justice extending to one class of public servants a consideration and help withheld from another class.…

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…

A British report recommending widespread compulsory retirement of mathematics faculty based on current enrollment trends and predictions is analyzed and criticized for both its statistics and its assumptions. It is argued that social influences in enrollment and social considerations in public policy toward education are largely being ignored.…

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)

Employer approaches to work-based training were identified in a survey of 106 private sector companies based in Scotland in 1989. The survey data were analyzed in relation to the following: Britain's economic weakness, the industrial relations and educational reforms developed by the state as a response to the weak economy, existing labor force…

This student guide is intended to assist persons employed as supervisors in understanding various wage payment systems. Discussed in the first four sections are the following topics: the aims and determination of payment (aims of a payment system, the economy and wage levels, the government and wage levels, and method of pay and wage levels); main…