...Lesley Doyle; Geng Wang Purpose The aim of this paper is to examine the provision of education and training programmes for young people in Scotland for work and lifelong learning within the context of the skills ecosystem approach adopted by the Scottish Government. Design/methodology/approach...

... at the national level and identifies key concepts which we in Scotland believe are essential components for the effective deployment of e‐learning in colleges and universities. Internet connectivity. In 1999, one third of colleges had only dial‐up modem connections to the Internet. Now, most colleges...

... skills of employability which are more likely to endure as technology and work practices continue to change (O'Donnell and Garavan, 1997 , p. 134). SPRITO Scotland commissioned individuals within the Division of Media, Culture and Leisure Management at Glasgow Caledonian University to undertake work...

... of the institution with external pressures and constraints. Examines these various issues in some detail, and shows how they have been resolved within Scotland’s Robert Gordon University, which has been running a highly successful postgraduate course in tertiary‐level teaching for its staff since 1989. © MCB UP...

... --> Qualifications Scotland Universities Scottish universities aim at more consistency Keywords Qualifications, Scotland,Universities A two-year project has been established by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, to encourage more consistency and comparability among universities...

... the range and complexity of education‐industry links (EIL) in Scotland. The picture which emerged was a complex one, with many competing and overlapping initiatives vying for space in school curricula – dubbed “policy hysteria”. Examines ways of analysing this complexity and finds that many national schemes...