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Direct linkCrossman, Brian; Cameron, Roslyn – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2014
Vocational education and its leadership is an important sphere of economic activity worldwide and is being impacted by several trends including: the increasing significance and centrality of skills development in today's economies; economic trends associated with globalisation (internationalisation of education and emergence of global labour…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Leadership, Literature Reviews
Mathias, Jinhua; Bruce, Megan; Newton, Douglas P. – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2013
The dissonance between Eastern and Western learning approaches is regarded as an obstacle for Chinese students in adjusting to Western education environments, and one of the reasons is the lack of an understanding of Chinese learning approaches, that is, Chinese learners are uncritically perceived as rote learners. This paper investigates Chinese…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Two Year College Students, Asians
Thomas, Kate; Waring, Ruth – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2012
This article focuses on a Western Vocational Lifelong Learning Network (WVLLN) initiative aimed at supporting Level 3 vocational tutors in further education (FE) who have moved into a teaching career via professional experience rather than through higher education (HE), but who play a significant role in advising young people about progression to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education Teachers, College Faculty, School Visitation
Jephcote, Martin; Raby, Rosalind Latiner – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2012
In an era of financial constraint, this article gives attention to the role of "community college global counterparts" by comparing colleges of further education in the UK with community colleges in the US. It points to similarities between the two and the ways in which budgetary constraints impact on them--and, in particular, on access…
Descriptors: College Admission, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Community Colleges
Zepke, Nick; Leach, Linda; Butler, Philippa – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2010
This paper reports on one phase of a project on student engagement in Aotearoa New Zealand. It reports the results of a survey of students enrolled for the first time in a post-compulsory education programme. The students were enrolled in one of nine institutions: two universities, one wananga, four institutes of technology, a private training…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Students, Learner Engagement, Student Surveys
Morgan, Arthur; Jones, Norah; Fitzgibbon, Karen – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2004
Work undertaken on the development of Foundation degrees at the University of Glamorgan directly addressed employer and higher education concerns that the new award should aim to build on, and not reinvent, the HNC/HND awards it sought to replace. One of the key factors in this was to reconsider the role and purpose of "work experience." Within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Associate Degrees, Educational Development, Work Experience
