Informal partnerships between divisions of academic and student affairs units are common practice on many university campuses. History and traditions are rich at institutions, and individuals often assume successful programs and services between divisions of academic and student affairs will always continue; however, there is no guarantee because…

Since incorporation, the economic value of students to colleges has seen the language of 'risk' and 'drop-out' permeate the further education sector, placing retention and achievement high up on the agenda, with what appears to be little consideration for the consequences this might have for the students the terms describe. This study provides a…

In January 2016, the International Association of Student Affairs and Services (IASAS) offered a global professional mentoring programme that would link student affairs leaders internationally with new graduates and early career professionals in student services. Protégé participants were primarily new graduates of preparatory programmes in…

This paper draws on research conducted across an English higher education partnership to investigate the ways in which student voice was engaged in further education colleges offering university awards through partnership arrangements. Such collaborations are characterised by the marginal presence of higher education students in an environment…

In the UK, following guidelines set out by the Quality Assurance Agency, personal development planning (PDP) is now operational across all higher education (HE) awards. Like many policy initiatives, PDP requires change, and vital to its implementation are those who facilitate PDP at the grassroots level. Staff given the task of implementing PDP…

This paper aims to examine the experiences of pupils and professionals who are affected by actual or threatened permanent exclusion (what used to be called "being expelled") from school. An ethnographic study based on the writer's employment within secondary schools and the Children's Services department of an urban local authority in…

This article investigates the experience of individual learners who have been allocated learning support in the further education system in England. The particular focus is on interviewees' constructions of their emotional and psychic experiences. Through the adoption of a psycho-social perspective, learners' tendency to "idealise" their…

Director of career services and preprofessional advising at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology describes his experiences as a participant in an international placement conference held by Britain's Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services at the University of Oxford. (NB)

Oxford University's Career Services' director visited career services offices in the United States the summer of 1994. Presents excerpts from his report focusing on alumni services. Examines career services offered to graduates by U.S. universities, and presents proposal for Oxford. (JBJ)

Director of Oxford University's Careers Service visited career services offices in the United States and reported to his colleagues how functions and deliveries in the United States compared to those in England. Includes excerpts from his analysis related to financial pressures, on-campus recruitment, programs and services, networking, and more.…