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This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training issues in the United Kingdom and Europe. The feature articles are: Terminology prevents clear thinking / John Twining; and National Skills Agenda. Respectively, these articles deal with an analysis of the three terms: lifelong learning, information and communication technologies (ICT) and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and a report on the recommendations and evidence of the National Skills Task Force. Show less

The Network of Women in Further Education (NOW in FE) originated in 1985 as a network of the Australian Association of Adult Education. NOW in FE's position on adult, community and further educational issues is based on feminist analysis. The NOW in FE newsletters include news of interest to women in the adult, community and further education sector, international perspectives, and in depth articles on women's learning.

Feature articles in this December 1992 newsletter are: 'A matter of significance: women in Australian adult education' by Helen Gribble; 'Backlash at high noon: lunch with Susan Faludi [feminist author]' by Dianne Chitty. Other contents are as follows: Editorial: We do the best we can; Issues of the newsletter; National news - Key issues for the senior officers; A reasonable request refused; Executive meeting, 11 November, 1992; Minutes of the Annual General Meeting, 13 December, 1992; Creating our own knowledge; The Black Women's Action in Education Foundation; International news - International council makes three far reaching changes; Introducing Soukeyne Ba; International dialogue; Nine women file suit against Hitachi. This issue of the newsletter includes a four page supplement: 'Women's services into the 1990s and beyond, purchased from the Women's Health Resource Collective. Show less

Broadcast is a quarterly publication produced by the Scottish Further Education Unit (SFEU). It aims to provide a forum for viewpoints across the further education (FE) sector in Scotland and to highlight current news on national initiatives. The focus of this issue is on Scotland's colleges connecting with learning systems around the world and includes the following articles : World view / John McCann, Carol Booth, Darrell Cain and Philip Clarke (p.3-9); Early middle colleges / Donald Cameron (p.10-11); Joint education taskforce - visa workstream / Michelle Grimley (p.16-17); Supporting the students of transnational education / Julia Weedon (p.18); Equal Enterprise Scotland and the TelNet transnational partnership / Brenda Walker (p.28-29). Show less

The International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) newsletter is published quarterly in Arabic, English, French, Russian and Spanish. It provides information on educational planning and management and keeps readers informed of activities undertaken by the IIEP. Current and previous issues can be accessed on the IIEP website in English, French, Spanish and Russian. This issue contains the following brief articles: Social transformation in South Africa: mergers and college governance / Janet Hannah and Keith Holmes (p. 3); Preparing secondary school students for work in Europe / Francoise Caillods (p. 4); Reaching out to marginalized girls: broadening the mission of technical and vocational schools / Miki Nozawa (p. 5); How much is spent on skills formation in the Philippines? / Serge Peano, Benjamin Vergel de Dios, and David Atchoarena (p. 6-7); Latin America: developing work skills for young people / Claudia Jacinto (p. 8); Basic education in South Asia: getting the region on the right track / R. Govinda (p. 9); Tracking education expenditure: a new training course / Jacques Hallak and Muriel Poisson (p. 10); Ageing power in Japan: senior citizens seek a new quality of life / Mioko Saito (p. 11). IIEP operational activities reported on include planning higher education in Afghanistan, competency-based teaching in Tunisia, and post-conflict reconstruction of education in Angola. The newsletter also contains information about recent IIEP publications, useful websites and the Virtual Institute, which was created to offer flexible training opportunities for educational planners and managers in Member States through the use of information and communication technologies. Show less

This issue of the journal focuses on the theme of leadership style and its impact on organisational culture. The articles are as follows: ISTD as an instrument of professional and organisation change (my journey with ISTD) / B. R. Virmani (pages 1-5); Action centered leadership / compiled from public domain by Steven Penumaka (pages 6-8); Adopting appropriate leadership styles to hospital organizational success: issues and challenges / Ramamohan Desu, G. S. C. N. V. Prasad, N. R. Sahana Bhat (pages 9-15); Understanding leadership styles checklist 256 / compiled from public domain by Steven Penumaka (pages 16-22); Leadership styles and performance / Suruchi Nagpal, Saleha Ahmad (pages 23-29); UTD leadership style: impact on organization culture / Sudip Sinha (pages 30-32); The role of leadership styles on work engagement and psychological empowerment among employees of private sector organizations / Nilesh Thakre (pages 33-43); Transformational leadership / compiled from public domain by Steven Penumaka (pages 44-45); Situational leadership: a summary of work by Paul Hersey and Kenneth H. Blanchard (pages 46-51); Transactional leadership / compiled from public domain by Steven Penumaka (pages 52-53). Show less

This quarterly publication is part of The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education series. In this issue titled 'Understanding and negotiating the political landscape of adult education', the focus is on the politics of adult education, identifying key political issues within adult education, examining and negotiating the political aspects of higher education, social welfare reform and professional organisations. The articles are: Thinking politically: a framework for adult and continuing education / Peggy A. Sissel; The politics of neglect: adult learners in higher education / Peggy A. Sissel, Catherine A. Hansman, Carol E. Kasworm; Negotiating the democratic classroom / Scipio A. J. Colin, Thomas W. Heaney; Achieving voice and security in colleges of education / Michael J. Day, Donna Amstutz, Donna Whitson; The gendered construction of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act / Barbara Sparks; Living in the feudalism of adult basic and literacy equation: can we negotiate a literacy democracy / B. Allan Quigley; Political hotbeds: professional organizations as policymakers / Phyllis M. Cunningham; Professionalization: a politics of identity / Arthur L. Wilson; The political landscape of adult education: from the personal to political and back again / Catherine A. Hansman. Show less

The 'Industry' magazine is published in March, June, October and December. It offers analysis and review of the manufacturing sectors, reports on current topics affecting business and contains opinion pieces from local and international business leaders. Vocational education and training (VET) focused articles include: 'Skills a pre-requisite for sustained growth' (p. 29), which reports that the establishment of a new national skills agenda is a key focus of the Ai Group's representations into the development of the government's fourth term program; 'New training pathway to fast track skills development' (p. 8), which looks at the Technology Cadetship, an option that will operate alongside the apprentice and trainee system to encourage people into manufacturing careers and accelerate the development of middle level skills; 'Ai Group takes leading role on new technical colleges' (p. 8), which outlines the role of the Australian Industry Group in plans for the 24 new technical colleges to be established by the federal government. Show less