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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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Lawy, Robert; Wheeler, Rachel – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2013
In this paper we explore the experiences of three long-term unemployed young adults from different backgrounds in the 18-24 age range. The data comprise three interviews conducted over an 18-month period with seven of the original 19 participants in the research. At the time of first interview none of the young adults had been in education,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unemployment, Young Adults, Interviews
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Lawy, Robert; Tedder, Michael – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2011
This article draws upon research undertaken with 28 teacher education mentors, managers and trainee teachers within the SW Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (CETT) in 2008, following the introduction of the new revised Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) standards. The first part of the article locates and contextualises the policy context in…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Mentors, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning
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Quinn, Jocey; Lawy, Robert; Diment, Kim – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2008
Young people who are in "jobs without training" (JWT) are commonly seen as "dead end kids in dead end jobs". They have been identified as a problem group who need to be encouraged back into formal education and training. Following the Leitch report and the new policy goal to involve all young people in education and training up to the age of 18,…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Disadvantaged Youth