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Carter, Alan; Bathmaker, Ann-Marie – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2017
This article examines the evolution of assessment policy and practice in technician-level vocational education. Using the example of an advanced-level BTEC National programme in Engineering in one college in the UK, the article highlights how the origins of current assessment practice lie in genuine concerns since the late 1950s about the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technical Education, Evaluation Methods, Engineering Education
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Bathmaker, Ann-Marie; Thomas, Will – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2009
This article explores English policy on widening participation in higher education (HE), drawing on insights from a research study into higher education transitions and "dual sector" institutions. Although further and higher education in England are divided into two sectors, it is possible for one institution to offer both further and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Transitional Programs