Recent trends in Business Masters degrees in the United Kingdom

The growth in numbers of Business Masters higher degrees in the United Kingdom is examined. Numbers are analysed by sex, by first destination in the home employment market and by whether the student is sponsored by his or her employer or not. Reasons for differences in trends in these several groups are considered, and their implications for the future development of the MBA market discussed.     

School Failure in the United Kingdom

This paper comprises five sections. Section 1 is concerned with the aims of education and definitions of pupil success and pupil failure, including criteria for determining success/failure; and section 2 proposes a model of pupil ssuccess/pupil failure which is analysed in terms of (i) ‘within-child’ characteristics and previous learning experiences, (ii) the physical, social and educational environment, and (iii) the extent to which there is a match or mismatch between educational provision and educational needs. The different criteria for measuring success/failure (educational attainment and pupil progress; pupil behaviour; pupils’ self-concepts and expectations of success; attitudes to school; number of pupils assessed as having special educational needs) are identified in section 3, and sources of evidence are analysed. Section 4 traces the legislative basis of educational provision from the 1944 Education Act, through the Education Act of 1988, which introduced the National Curriculum, to the present, while section 5 examines current developments in education.     

发展教育在英国

半个世纪以来,发展教育的理念日益进入英国教育的主流,其组织规模也不断扩大。但理论基础薄弱,概念界定不清,实际操作性差仍是其存在的棘手问题,向操作性强、可塑性强的学习理论的转型,是它的必然选择。     

Special Education in the United Kingdom

ALL CHILDREN of school age in the United Kingdom are the responsibility of the Education Authority and must be offered educational provision. About 1.3% of pupils attend special schools; other pupils with special educational needs receive support of various kinds in ordinary schools. The Education Act 1981 is the main legislative instrument concerned with special education: it defined special educational needs, established integration as a key principle guiding service provision and laid down detailed procedures for conducting assessments. Special educational provision is likely to be affected significantly by the general Education Act introduced in 1988 but the precise implications are not yet clear.     

Recent University-Industry Initiatives in the United Kingdom

A number of new initiatives have been taken recently in the UK to not only bring the universities and industry closer together but to allow genuine collaboration. These range from industry-based research programmes to university groups entering the industrial world for themselves

This paper outlines these various programmes and then describes the experience at Cambridge with a research programme and a teaching programme which linked directly with manufacturing industry.     

Sources of Educational Information in the United Kingdom

The DES publishes:

a) An annual report, the latest issue being Education and Science in 1974. London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO), 1975. vii + 57 pp.     

英美教育市场化改革述评

教育市场化是近二三十年来英美两国在教育领域中的主要改革趋势,有着深刻的社会背景和理论基础。教育市场化改革的理论基础是新自由主义思想和新公共管理主义。教育市场化改革的表现形式多种多样,本文简要的对一些主要形式进行了描述,如特许学校、学券制、公助学额计划等。尽管教育市场化改革的形式多样,但其根本的理念却是一致的,那就是把竞争机制引入教育领域。只有竞争才是教育市场化改革的核心,是推动教育发展最为有效的机制。     

Industrial Collaboration in Engineering Education in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom engineering education as it was set-up was more divorced from industry it served than in, for example, Germany and France. During the last three decades some efforts have been made to achieve a partnership between industry and the institutions of higher education in the education and training of engineers. Up till a few decades ago much of engineering research in the universities was in the field of engineering science, but now more engineering research is being carried-out in co-operation with industry and it is realised that the advantages greatly outweigh the problems it poses. University engineering departments have also realised that they have a contribution to make in providing advisory services for industry and short post-experience courses for engineers in industry.     

Unit 2 The United Kingdom

一、完形填空 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1-10各题所给的A、B、C和D项中。     

英国均势外交政策探析

均势外交是英国传统的外交政策,它对英国社会和欧洲政治都产生了巨大影响。这一对外政策的确立取决于英国特殊的地理位置、政治、经济等因素,均势政策在历史上对维护英国利益、保持欧洲平衡起了非常重要作用。     

Teacher Evaluation and Teacher Effectiveness in the United Kingdom

An outline is given of the UK research situation for the knowledge bases of school effectiveness and teacher effectiveness, and the UK policy situation in terms of school and teacher evaluation, improvement and development. It is argued that the UK has seen a much greater use of school-level policies, reflecting its substantial school effectiveness research base, rather than teacher-level interventions, although there are currently some attempts at policy and practice level to focus upon teacher effects, teacher evaluation and related issues of professional development. Speculations are given concerning future policy and research needs.     

Value-added measures of school effectiveness in the United Kingdom

Conclusion This paper has mostly focused on the performance of schools in terms of examination and test results. On their own, such results are insufficient for proper judgements about schools’ performance. Other pupil outcomes such as pupil attendance, capacity for independent learning, attitudes towards school and learning, behaviour and selfconcept are also important. School effectiveness research aims to investigate a broad range of educational outcomes. Examples of this approach are provided by the Junior School Project (Mortimore et al., 1988), the Lancashire project (Thomas & Mortimore, 1996) and the ISEP in Scotland (MacBeath & Mortimore, 1994) which involves collecting pupil, teacher and parent attitude data in addition to academic outcomes. Nevertheless, the main performance indicator for schools continues to be how successful they are at ensuring that as many pupils as possible achieve their full academic potential. Original language: English Sally Thomas (United Kingdom) Sally Thomas (United Kingdom) This research paper was completed via a grant awarded by the United Kingdom Economic and Social Science Research Council. I am very grateful for the helpful comments of my colleagues Louise Stoll, Pam Sammons, Harvey Goldstein and Hillary Street on a previous version of this paper.     

Deaf Students and Higher Education in the United Kingdom

Abstract

In the United Kingdom, 233 higher education institutions were surveyed in 1988 and 1989 providing 166 returns. The survey sought information on equal opportunities policies, provision of technical support, the availability of support personnel and interpreters, funding arrangements, and the numbers of deaf students within higher education (HE). With a few notable exceptions, the returns showed a generally poor level of services available to deaf students, an ignorance of the required support needs and a low representation of deaf people within HE. The need for positive action seemed to be least recognized within teacher training colleges. The study also highlighted the absence of any monitoring of deaf or disabled students within HE. Several suggestions are made on how policies and practices in institutions could be changed to widen access to this group of students.     

Academic-industry liaison in the United Kingdom: economic perspectives

In recent years, higher educational institutions (HEIs) have been under increasing pressure to liaise more closely with industry. This paper draws on some relevant areas of economic theory to analyse the relationship between HEIs and industrial organisations. The nature of the benefits from liaison is examined, and the implications for financing liaison activities are considered. It is argued that liaison can frequently strengthen the traditional functions of HEIs by contributing to teaching and research. However, there is justification for the fears of many academics that in practice the outcome of closer industrial involvement may be to weaken these functions. Such undesirable outcomes reflect the weaknesses of the internal organisation of HEIs; in particular, the scope for opportunistic behaviour provided by the incompleteness of the academic contract, and the informational disadvantages suffered by senior management. In the light of these arguments, the final section considers alternative systems for organising liaison, drawing on examples from the United Kingdom. The criteria for assessment are concerned with the likely effectiveness of the systems in reducing the costs of both facilitating and policing liaison activities.