Publication Date
| In 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2023 | 0 |
| Since 2020 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2015 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2005 (last 20 years) | 6 |
Descriptor
Author
| Andrew, Nicola | 1 |
| Brna, Paul | 1 |
| Drury, Carol | 1 |
| Egan, Irene | 1 |
| Elliot, Dely Lazarte | 1 |
| Gallacher, Jim | 1 |
| Gayle, Vernon | 1 |
| Knox, Hazel | 1 |
| Leitch, Anne | 1 |
| Lowe, Janet | 1 |
| Malone, Marion | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 6 |
| Adult Education | 3 |
| Postsecondary Education | 3 |
| Two Year Colleges | 1 |
Audience
Location
| United Kingdom (Scotland) | 6 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkMcMurray, Stephen – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
This article explores the impact of funding cuts to the Further Education colleges in Scotland. The reduction in the number of students in the colleges has been hugely politically controversial. The research utilised the Infact database on the Scottish Funding Council's website and also a literature review. The research found there had been a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Retrenchment, Educational Finance, Adult Education
Mayne, Wendy; Andrew, Nicola; Drury, Carol; Egan, Irene; Leitch, Anne; Malone, Marion – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2015
In 2010, reflecting the strategic institutional imperative of widening participation and enhancing transition to health programmes, a Scottish nursing community of practice (CoP), was formed to bring together academics from further and higher education, initially for a period of six months. The community was funded by the Greater Glasgow…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nursing Education, Communities of Practice, Higher Education
Elliot, Dely Lazarte; Brna, Paul – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2009
This study explores the demand amongst potential higher education (HE) learners from the non-traditional group for flexible degree level provision, key factors influencing their decision to pursue a degree and existing degree provision. The research entailed a combination of a questionnaire survey, focus group discussions and interviews with the…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Questionnaires
Lowe, Janet; Gayle, Vernon – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2007
This study explores the dimensions of the work/life/study balance and its influence on student participation in higher education, through a case study of the experience of higher education students, studying both full time and part time, in a Scottish further education college. The experience of the students and the work/life/study challenges that…
Descriptors: Full Time Students, Higher Education, Student Participation, Financial Support
Gallacher, Jim – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2006
This article outlines the important contribution that further education (FE) colleges make towards higher education (HE) in Scotland, and the ways in which this is a distinctive contribution, differing from that provided by the higher education institutions (HEIs). However, it also explores the ways in which the boundaries between FE colleges and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Vocational Education, Adult Education
Knox, Hazel – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2005
Articulation across the further education/higher education (FE/HE) interface is of vital importance in addressing the government's widening participation agenda. Many institutions are grappling with how best to prepare students to make this transition particularly when they are direct entrants and join ongoing cohorts of students who are already…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Adult Education
