http://hdl.handle.net/2436/42117 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:26:23 GMT 2013-05-23T19:26:23Z http://hdl.handle.net/2436/47530 Title: Widening Participation and HE. Students, systems and other paradoxes. Authors: Thompson, David W. Abstract: This paper has developed from research that the author initiated. The data were derived from an outreach project that aimed to increase awareness of and participation in higher education amongst Muslim women within a major English city. The paper elevates some of the author's findings into a general discussion on the role of higher education (HE) and the paradoxes that are revealed when considering how concepts of widening participation and lifelong learning fit within the HE system. Readers are invited to think of different approaches to widening participation, for example through civic and community engagement, and consider sustained research that relates access to wider debates within the study of HE, such as lifelong learning and civic responsibility. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2436/47530 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2436/47528 Title: The 2007 Revised Standards for Qualified teacher Status: doubts, challenges and opportunities. Authors: Jackson, Phil; Serf, Jeffrey M. Abstract: September 2007 saw the introduction of the new ‘Q’ standards for the award of Qualified Teacher Status. Drawing on a meeting of 140 primary and secondary school ITT tutors, this article sets out to record and discuss the teachers’ initial reactions to these new standards a few weeks before their introduction. The article shows classroom teachers have significant concerns about a significant minority of the standards and this indicates that HEIs and other ITT providers now have a challenging management of change agenda. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2436/47528 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2436/47552 Title: Global Learning: What do pupils need? Authors: Serf, Jeffrey M.; Ballin, Ben Abstract: This article argues that if pupils are to make progress, the curriculum needs to consider what pupils need from their education system in the context of a changing world. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2436/47552 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2436/47437 Title: Changing Times, Changing Lives: a new look at job satisfaction in two university Schools of education located in the English West Midlands. Authors: Rhodes, Christopher; Hollinshead, Anne; Nevill, Alan M. Abstract: This article reports on the outcomes from an initial study to explore the job satisfaction of academics in the light of changes in higher education in the UK. The study is placed in relation to attendant concerns that the job satisfaction, motivation and morale of academic staff may be being tested. A questionnaire and semi-structured interviews were used to secure academics perceptions from two Schools of Education located within chartered and statutory universities in the English West Midlands. Thirty facets perceived important in impacting upon job satisfaction were identified and from these, key facets deemed either deeply satisfying or deeply dissatisfying to academics were established. These key facets have the potential to impact upon academic's motivation and morale as well as their job satisfaction. A typology based on the balance between key facets is presented as a means to enable manager-academics to further reflect upon possible actions within their Schools and institutions. The study captures insights relevant to informing the future research agenda and highlights the possible consequences of a laissez-faire stance to these important issues. Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2436/47437 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z