... Business studies Academic staff Work‐based learning Foundation degrees Storytelling UK government policy Business education The rise of work‐based learning (WBL) has manifested itself in a new type of programme which brings unique challenges for both academics and students which this paper...

...Susan Curtis Purpose To investigate the attitudes of academic staff towards providing practical support for full‐time students working on a part‐time basis during term‐time. Design/methodology/approach A case study of a rural faculty of a large metropolitan university in the UK. In‐depth semi...

... between research and teaching at all levels has a wider agenda. It has a political dimension, and extends beyond the problems of separate funding to an unease concerning the future of British universities. On the one hand, as Gibbs (1995) suggests, neither academic staff nor institutional managers have...

... "Higher education at risk", warns AUT Keywords Higher education, Age groups, Universities, Academic staff The provision of higher education in the UK is at risk because of the age profile of academic staff, according to a report by the Association of University Teachers. Almost...

... of training as a significant factor inhibiting their use of computers in teaching[ 6 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Academic staff Central Government Computer training Recent years have seen a significant growth of interest on the part of government and educationalists in using IT in university...

...Lee Crystal Describes a policy initiative at the University of Luton to encourage academic staff to retain/increase their links with the world of work. A target was set in which a minimum of one academic from each school (a grouping of circa 20 people) should spend a minimum of five days, work...

... and focuses on how approaches to library education have been modified to meet the particular needs of students. Concludes with an attempt to project experience gained into future course and library education development. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Academic staff Education Information technology...

...Philip Lewis Examines the impending introduction of performance‐related pay to academic staff in higher education. Draws on research in both public and private sectors both in the UK and USA to suggest that there are nine lessons that those with the responsibility for introducing and operating...

... Limited 1993 Academic staff Continuing development Higher education Performance appraisal Self‐assessment EDUCATION + TRAINING Academic Staff Appraisal: Do-lt-Yourself Jeffrey Gold This article has three objectives, namely to: (1) examine the pressure for "performance control" approaches...