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Stevens, Charlotte; Kelly, Patrick – Open Learning, 2012
How do open and distance learning institutions review and renew themselves to ensure their continued fitness for purpose? Here we report on the work of a change team in the UK Open University, a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning created to examine, innovate and improve student support. The existence of the Centre for five years from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Teamwork, Change Strategies
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Brodin, Jane – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2010
Globalization has emerged as a trend concept during the past decades. As a result of the globalization, the need for educating all citizens and providing them with information about other cultures and countries has increased. In this article, international student exchange in higher education will be discussed. Global Competencies in Early…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Early Childhood Education, Global Approach
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Schaffer, Eugene; Reynolds, David; Stringfield, Sam – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2012
Beginning from 1 high-poverty, historically low-achieving secondary school's successful turnaround work, this article provides data relative to a successful school turnaround, the importance of external and system-level supports, and the importance of building for sustainable institutionalization of improvements. The evidence suggests the…
Descriptors: Evidence, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs
Ball, Christopher – 1994
This British report demonstrates the importance of early learning as a preparation for effective education to promote social welfare and social order, and to develop a world-class workforce. It shows how countries benefit from providing good preschool education for children. Chapter 1 summarizes the case for the systematic public provision of high…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Benefits, Educational Change
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Noble, Howard; Curtis, Daniel; Tang, Kang – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009
The government of the United Kingdom has set a target to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 34 percent from 1990 levels by 2020. The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) will require all large public and private sector organizations across the U.K. to cut carbon emissions and report total CO2 emissions annually so that the data can be published in a…
Descriptors: Energy Conservation, Computers, Foreign Countries, Technological Advancement
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Araujo, Marta – British Educational Research Journal, 2009
This paper examines "Fresh Start," a New Labour flagship initiative to raise education "standards" in a radical and innovative way. Drawing on a qualitative study of a comprehensive school in England, I argue that the initiative added to the problems faced by the "failing school" and promoted rather traditional ways…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accountability, Academic Standards, Educational Policy
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James, Mary – Research Papers in Education, 2006
"Learning how to learn--in classrooms, schools and networks" (LHTL) was a major school based development and research project within the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme. As such it was expected to work towards fulfilment of TLRP aims to work for improvement in learning outcomes, in authentic learning and teaching contexts,…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Research Skills, Improvement Programs, Research Design
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Smith, Vikki – Education & Training, 2003
Work based learning has been subject to some negative press in recent times. Particular emphasis has been given to poor inspection reports within the sector. The Raising Quality and Achievement programme of the Learning and Skills Development Agency, funded by the Learning and Skills Council as part of a grant for a programme of research and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Action Research, Benchmarking, Innovation
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Gosling, David – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2004
The Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund was established by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, UK, with the declared aims of enhancing the quality of teaching and learning and raising the status of teaching among higher education institutions. This paper considers the three strands of the initiative--subject, institutional, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Improvement Programs
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Conner, Colin – Teacher Development, 2003
This article describes a school improvement initiative involving five primary schools (ages 5-11 years) working in partnership with each other with support from a university department of education. It provides evidence of the benefits to be gained from teachers sharing and developing collective knowledge through participation in school-based…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Professional Development, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs