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Cheffy, Ian; McCaffery, Juliet; Street, Brian – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2016
Apart from a few brief intervals, adult literacy has remained low on the development agenda. This article details the contribution of the British Association for Literacy in Development (BALID), a voluntary association based in the UK, to highlighting the importance of literacy in development and, in particular, the importance of reading and…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, National Organizations
Black, Paul – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2014
This article considers lessons learnt through involvement in several assessment projects. Early experience, in university work and in school examinations, led to an opportunity to help establish a novel system of assessment for an innovative school curriculum. Different lessons were then learnt from work on a national survey of school students'…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Educational Change, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation
Dolan, Janice; Ndaruhutse, Susy – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2011
In recent years, Save the Children, a non-governmental organization, prioritized education for children affected by conflict through its Rewrite the Future Campaign. By significantly scaling up the resources allocated to programmes in conflict-affected countries, the organization has grown its education programmes in these contexts. Thus it has…
Descriptors: Conflict, Nongovernmental Organizations, Access to Education, Educational Quality
Bray, Mark – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2007
In 2006, the Department for International Development (DfID) of the United Kingdom Government issued a White Paper entitled "Eliminating World Poverty: Making Governance Work for Poor People." The DfID document observed that good governance requires attention to State capability, described at "the extent to which leaders and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Administrative Organization, Policy Analysis
Haste, Helen – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2006
British attitudes toward immigrants are complex. The United Kingdom has received regular waves of immigrants, both political and economic asylum seekers and, especially in recent decades, recruited labor from the former nations of the British Empire. Throughout its history, ambivalence among the Britons is seen due to these developments. In this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Opinion, Immigration, Immigrants
Baines, John; Cohen, Judith; Martin, Stephen – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
The Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA), together with the British Council, provides the leadership for the UNEVOC centre in the United Kingdom (UK). LSDA is a strategic national agency whose mission is to improve the quality of post-16 education and training in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It does this by conducting research to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Vocational Education