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Filippakou, Ourania; Salter, Brian; Tapper, Ted – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2010
Formally the new public management model of governance was introduced into British higher education with the passage of the 1988 Education Reform Act, which abolished the existing University Grants Committee (UGC) and instigated the funding councils. This article explores the relationship between the state, the funding councils and the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Public Policy
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Strain, Michael – Management in Education, 2009
Twenty years after the introduction of the 1988 Education Reform Act (ERA), BELMAS (British Educational Leadership, Management & Administration Society) held a discussion forum for academics, teachers and all those interested in education policy and practice. Was the ERA a success or a failure? The one-day forum of presentations and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Conferences (Gatherings), Foreign Countries, Educational Policy