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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Research to Improve Specialist Knowledge: An HE in FE Perspective
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Feather, Denis – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to establish if lecturers in further education colleges (FECs) delivering higher education business courses (HEBCs) undertook research to improve specialist knowledge. A critical analysis of the literature was undertaken, providing an overview of what is understood by the term "research". Lecturers in FECs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Specialists, Adult Education, Higher Education
Professionalism: Doing a Good Job!
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Feather, Denis – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2014
This paper considers the concept of professionalism via perceptions (real or imagined) of lecturers delivering higher education business programmes (HEBPs) in further education colleges in England. The study comprised 26 in-depth interviews conducted in the Yorkshire and Humber region in the UK. The study builds on Perkin's views of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Identity, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
The Role of New Doctoral Supervisors in Higher Education--A Reflective View of Literature and Experience Using Two Case Studies
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Feather, Denis; McDermott, Kathryn Elizabeth – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2014
This paper looks at works of various authors on the supervision of doctoral students and their expectations. We aim through reading, experience and reflection to offer a logical framework that will aid in the better understanding of the process for those new to supervision. The two authors draw upon experience as new supervisors via the use of…
Descriptors: Supervisors, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education, Case Studies
Do Lecturers Delivering Higher Education in Further Education Desire to Conduct Research?
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Feather, Denis – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2012
This article considers the views and perceptions of lecturers delivering Higher Education Business Programmes (HEBPs) in Further Education Colleges (FECs) about whether they desire to undertake research, thus enabling them to both become and be viewed as specialists in their subjects. The methodology employed took an interpretivist perspective,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Research
Culture of HE in FE--Exclave or Enclave?
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Feather, Denis – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2011
This paper explores the concept of culture within Further Education Colleges (FECs) from the perceptions of 26 lecturers delivering Business Higher Education Programmes (BHEPs). It offers a brief overview of the history of both Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) in England, and how they have evolved. This then will provide an…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Continuing Education
Never Mind the Quality, Take a Seat!
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Feather, Denis – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2011
This paper considers whether lecturers delivering business higher education programmes (BHEPs) in further education colleges (FECs) in the UK see education to be a production industry, or a knowledge industry. It will consider the effects of managerialism and marketisation that the UK government (and others around the world) are applying to the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Industry, Adult Education, Business Administration Education
A Whisper of Academic Identity: An HE in FE Perspective
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Feather, Denis – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2010
This paper considers conceptions of the term "academic identity" amongst lecturers delivering higher education business programmes (HEBPs) in further education colleges (FECs). A brief look at leading authors' work on the subject of identity is considered first, which then moves on to offer a preconception of the term "academic". The data were…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Adult Education, College Faculty, Colleges