Your Guide to Successful Postgraduate Study Geoffrey Elliott, Karima Kadi-Hanifi, Carla Solvason Your Guide to Successful Postgraduate Study, to be published by Sage in 2017, is a must read for all postgraduate students and others who want to improve their essays, assignments, reports and presentations. Written by acknowledged experts in higher education, the Guide will […]
ARPCE Committee Member pre-launches his new book at the 2nd ARPCE conference at Oxford University. Chahid Fourali, who is an ARPCE committee member and currently serves as Honorary Treasurer, unveiled his new book “The Promise of Social Marketing: A Powerful Tool for Changing the World for Good” following an invitation by Taylor and Francis to present […]
ARPCE Editorial Board Members Contribute to Book on Further Education Leadership Joel Petrie of the ARPCE Editorial Board, with Professor Kevin Orr, Dr Daniel O’Neill and Maire Daley are currently co-editing a book entitled The Principal: Power and Professionalism in Further Education. A sequel to Further Education and the Twelve Dancing Princesses, it will […]
Research opportunity for ARPCE members One of the main challenges of delivering a cross college blended learning curriculum is sourcing good quality learning resources that have specifically been developed for the FE curriculum. The Blended Learning Consortium was formed by Heart of Worcestershire College in 2015, in the belief that the most effective way […]
RPCE Editorial Board member wins research grant Robin Simmons, Professor of Education at the University of Huddersfield, has recently won a grant from the Society for Educational Studies to research the history of the liberal studies movement. The research will use oral history methods to investigate the views and experiences of former liberal and […]
Call For Papers International Journal of Education and Training (InjET) Website: http://submit.confbay.com/conf/injet The International Journal of Education & Training (InJET) is a peer reviewed journal published by the Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. This journal covers areas of education, human resource development, and extension education. Areas relevant to the scope of the journal […]
Committee member Dr Vicky Duckworth and Professor Mary Hamilton have a new book chapter published in: Beyond Economic Interests: Critical Perspectives on Adult Literacy and Numeracy in a Globalised World. Over the last two decades, an increasingly economistic discourse has dominated discussions about adult literacy and numeracy. This book provides critiques of, and alternative narratives […]
The Gatsby Charitable Foundation plans to sponsor three PhD studentships in technical education starting in October 2016. The Gatsby Charitable Foundation values the role that research plays in improving the quality of technical education and are keen to support high-quality research in this area. We believe that investing in the training and development of new […]
CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue: Learning for Work The Editorial Board is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Research in Post-Compulsory Education devoted to critical perspectives on the topic of Learning for Work. Post Compulsory Education (PCE) has never been so contested worldwide, especially as regards the purpose […]
Professional Enquiry & Developing Positive Learning Cultures The first in a series of seminars devised by ARPCE and run collaboratively with college partners was held in Edinburgh College on Friday 11th September 2015. Delegates from across Scotland joined with Edinburgh College colleagues to hear presentations from Dr Bronwen Maxwell of Sheffield Hallam University and Professor […]
