Education + Training: Volume 45 Issue 5

Learning for learning providers

Presents the findings from a study of 48 Colleges of Further Education (FE) who have participated in a diagnostic benchmarking exercise using the learning probe methodology…

Assessing reflective learning

The purpose of this paper is to identify the main problems in assessing reflective learning and to seek ways of tackling them. Lessons are sought from HE’s long engagement with…

Raising retention and achievement in work‐based learning

Work based learning has been subject to some negative press in recent times. Particular emphasis has been given to poor inspection reports within the sector. The Raising Quality…

Experiential learning at the university level: a US case study

Discusses the authors’ approach to experiential learning in a two‐semester “engineering physics” course at a large metropolitan university in the USA. A student‐centered…

Employers predict 8 per cent rise in graduate vacancies

Mobile phones switch young people on to learning

More research needed into basic skills in the workplace

Drop-out rates rise at German universities

Education should remain a national responsibility, says Commissioner

Training materials. Managing Generation Y Rainmaker Thinking Inc

Key role of mission statements in post-16 education and training

Improvement in maths "central to future economic success"

Government expands AimHigher programme

Europe of learning opportunities through the click of a mouse

Organizations team up to promote improvement in lifelong learning

Books. The Power of Experiential Learning: A Handbook for Trainers and Educators

Events

Background still counts in quest for success