Resources: Educational policy

25 resources found for "Educational policy"

Adult and Community Learning in South Wales : a policy and practice perspective: This publication is part of the ESCalate discussions in education series by Danny Saunders, Lesley Hodgson and Cerys Furlong. It describes policy and practice around Adult and Community Learning (ACL) and the successes that can be achieved by universities when they engage fully with their communities as part of their ‘third mission’ of public service. It review the claims for educational, health and social benefits to individuals, universities...
Meeting the ECM agenda in HE : some issues for CPD: This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, issue 11, summer 2008, by Dr Mike Calvert and Dr Steve Coombs. It details an ESCalate-funded project the helped research issues faced by Higher Education and Continuing Professional Development managers arising from the Every Child Matters agenda. A range telephone interviews was carried out with key members of the CWDC (Children’s Workforce Development Council) to identify a range of aspects of...
The ESCalate-JISC HE in FE Conference: Inspiration for Practice: A collection of conference proceedings and presentation reports arising from the ESCalate-JISC HE in FE conference in May 2010. It includes contributions from more than a dozen speakers on topics ranging from Widening Participation to e-learning, in the context of Higher Education in Further Education
Resources from Teacher Education Futures across the UK: Northern Ireland: Resources from the event Teacher Education Futures across the UK: Northern Ireland, held at St Mary’s University College, Belfast on 5 April 2011. This event was presented by TEAN and supported by ESCalate. There are Powerpoint slides and a summary document of a group discussion. Presenters included Gerry Devlin, Senior Education Officer from the General Teaching Council of Northern Ireland, and Tom Hesketh, Director of the Regional Training Unit...
Resources from Teacher Education Futures across the UK: England: Resources from the event Teacher Education Futures across the UK: England, held at the University of Cumbria on 4 March 2011. This was presented by TEAN and supported by ESCalate. There are Powerpoint slides and a summary document of a group discussion. Presenters included Andy Jones, PVC and Dean of the Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Sam Twiselton, Dean of Education at the University of Cumbria. This event is...
ESCalate newsletter issue 15 - autumn 2009: This the ESCalate newsletter issue 15 - autumn 2009, Policy, Practice and Partnerships across the Nations. This latest edition of the termly ESCalate newsletter brings together articles from across the four UK nations. The pieces address a wide range of education topics from a nation's perspective. It looks at topics such as bilingualism, science education, professional development and sustainability in Wales, England, Scotland or Northern...
History curricula in England and New Zealand : identity, belonging and the case for valuing an historical perpective: This is a discussion about the relationship between identity, belonging and historical perspectives in the context of the history curriculum, written by Dr. Robert Guyver as part of the ESCalate Research Papers in Education series. Historical perspective includes the views of historians not only about particular periods or themes but also in the field of historiography (the philosophy behind the meaning of history), and this investigates whether...
Joined up thinking needed between social work and education practitioners: This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, spring 2010. At the end of last year the Social Work Taskforce published its final report "Building a safe and confident future". Jackie Rafferty writes about the importance of the reports findings for educationalists
Engaging education postgraduates using online media: This is an ESClate student project awarded by Esther Dingley of Graduate Junction to look into engaging education postgraduates using online media. It will use a combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods to provide a snapshot of education postgraduates' perceptions of three key themes: e-learning; higher education policy and career options. Additional benefits include the creation of a dedicated peer support environment...
TEAK : Tackling Educational Complexity Across the United Kingdom: This ESCalate project looked at the differences in educational policy and practice across the four countries, after devolution, with particular reference to Education Studies. Includes reports from the four countries and associated resources. ESCalate has completed a project intended to assist Schools, Faculties and Departments of Education in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the UK, to better understand and reflect the growing diversity...
UCET and the influencing of policy: This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, issue 16, spring 2010. James Noble-Rogers writes about the remit and work of UCET (Universities Council for the Education of Teachers) and its input into national policy for Initial Teacher Education
Oedolion a’r Gymuned yn Dysgu yn Ne Cymru: Persbectif Polisi ac Ar ferion: Yn y cyhoeddiad hwn disgrifiwn bolisi ac arferion yn ymwneud ag Oedolion a’r Gymuned yn Dysgu (OGD) a’r llwyddiannau y gall prifysgolion eu cyflawni wrth ymgysylltu’n llawn â’u cymunedau fel rhan o’u ‘trydedd cenhadaeth’ o wasanaeth cyhoeddus. Dechreuwn trwy adolygu’r honiadau ynglˆyn â buddion addysgol, iechyd a chymdeithasol i unigolion, prifysgolion a chymunedau lleol a defnyddiwn rai enghreifftiau astudiaeth achos o’r prosiect GATES ym...
In conversation with ... Alastair Robertson and Gabriel Jezierski: This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, issue 15, autumn 2009. Alastair and Gabriel made time to answer a few questions for ESCalate Newsletter readers, to help us understand their role within the Higher Education Academy. Their title has changed from that of ‘Senior Advisor’ to ‘Head of Policy and Partnerships (HoPP)’ reflecting the importance the Academy attaches to informing and influencing policy in HE through partnerships with...
The first year experience : support for HEIs: This is an article in the ESCalate newsletter, issue 15, autumn 2009. Karen Fitzgibbon offers us an insight into the way Higher Education Academy Wales has engaged with HEIs to develop research strategies which have delivered solutions and suggestions for practice designed to address one of the most important issues in the HE student experience: the first year. It is presented as PDF download of 2 pages
Statutory and guidance documents for schools: The downloads in this section are PDF versions of statutory and guidance documents on Global Citizenship and the Global Dimension as well as other related school initiatives, produced by DfES, DFID, Oxfam and the QCA. With thanks to Donna Hurford at the University of Cumbria for providing these links for colleagues
The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY): The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY) was established by government in 2002. Its role is to drive forward improvements in gifted and talented education by developing a national, government supported, catalyst that can provide leadership and support for professionals working in this field. To achieve this NAGTY works with students, parents, teachers, education professionals, specialist providers, universities and business
Education in Northern Ireland : a view from the sidelines: This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, issue 15, autumn 2009. Les Caul gives an overview of the complexities of the primary and secondary education sector in Northern Ireland, which points up issues of relevance to the whole of the UK and has obvious implications for the strategic development of Higher Education both there and in the rest of the UK. It is available as a PDF download of 3 pages
New developments to enhance community engagement through EvidenceNet: This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, issue 18, autumn 2010 by Alex Buckley of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). The article outlines some of the new ways the HEA's EvidenceNet has updated its service to users. EvidenceNet is a web based service to access practice and policy based resources
Editorial : summer newsletter June 2010: David Sadler, Director of Networks for the Higher Education Academy writes the editorial for the ESCalate summer newsletter for 2010 and outlines the involvement he has had with ESCalate, the Subject Centre for Education over the years. It is available as a PDF download of some 3 pages
Resources from Listening to Learners: Partnership in Action: Resources from the ESCalate event Listening to Learners: Partnership in Action, 22 April 2009. The ‘Student Voice’ agenda provides students and young people the opportunity to have a say in their world, to contribute to their community, and to better inform decisions that are made on their behalf. Students will ‘become more active participants in their education, including the evaluation of their own learning’ and this will impact positively on...
ESCalate and the changing world of HE: This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, summer 2010. Tony Brown, Director of ESCalate, explains the scope of ESCalate’s work and the diversity of its reach while anticipating possible changes to come. It is available as a PDF file of some 2 pages
Regionalising the national or nationalising the regional : widening participation as a case in point: This is an article from the ESCalate newsletter, issue 16, spring 2010. John Storan examines the crucial issue of how to fuse the regional and national aims of widening participation into a coherent policy approach
TEAN Workshops - Teacher Education Futures across the 4 nations of the UK: This is a piece of ESCalate commissioned work for the year 2010/11 and led by Alison Jackson of the University of Cumbria. TEAN (the Teacher Education Advancement Network) based at the University of Cumbria, will organise and run four workshops for ESCalate, one in each of the four countries of the UK. The workshops will respond to policy changes in each of the four nations and engage delegates in debate concerning current issues in Initial...
FACE Conference 2007: This article discusses Bill Rammell's speech at FACE Conference on July 2007 on social justice and lifelong learning where Rammell stated he is determined that everyone should have the opportunity to benefit from learning and on widely broadcasting the benefits of lifelong learning and the opportunities to participate in higher education. It appeared in the ESCalate newsletter (Autumn 2007)
National services and programmes : useful links: This webpage, produced and hosted by the Higher Education Academy, contains links to the home pages of a range of national education services, associations and programmes