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The theme of this issue is 'moving on up'. Articles include: 'A question of values … and of value' by Roddy Henry (p. 4-5); 'Addressing the impact of the recession' by Keith Brown (p. 6-7); 'Letter from America' by Mary Jenkins Spilde (p. 9); 'Knowledge transfer partnership' by Chris Ashe (p. 10-11); ' Raising our game: responding to employer needs and demands' by Alastair McGhee (p. 13); 'The enterprise club' by Gaynor Jamieson, Gillian McArthur, Chris Stevenson and Rosemary Allford (p. 14-15); 'Supporting community learning and development in times of recession' by Jamie Wakefield (p. 16-17); 'Providing better services for communities with the greatest needs' by Jim Gallacher (p. 18-19); 'A GLOWing report' by David Scott (p. 20-21); 'Moving up by degrees' by David Hughes (p. 22); 'Tailored learning at Central College Glasgow' by Patricia Beattie (p. 25); 'Catering for all needs' by Ken Thomson (p. 26-27); 'Giving the ‘best chance’ to vulnerable youngsters' by Len Hammersley (p. 28-29); 'ABC to [further education] FE - easy as 1,2,3 (core skills)?' by Douglas McAdam and George Hotchkiss (p. 32-33); 'Active students for active schools' by Pat Shearer and Paul McGuinness (p. 34-35); 'Communicating the learner voice' by James Wilson (p.36-37); 'Induction into digital literacy hall of fame' by Deryck Nutley (p. 38-39); 'Subject networks web enabled: using technology and the web to promote best practice' by Colin Buchanan, Ray Fyfe, Christine Mathers, Janice Robertson and Jenny Kellie (p. 40-42); 'From partnership to friendship: the Scotland-Malawi [eqipping vocational education and training staff] EVETS programme' by David Astill and Freida Loughlan (p. 43-45); 'Maritime training in Angola' by Richard Speight (p. 46-48); and 'College close-ups' in which Barony, Borders and Motherwell colleges are profiled. 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. This issue, entitled 'FE at the heart of Scotland's Learning Map', is one of a series charting the Learning Map in Scotland. Articles in this issue include: e-learning: FE revolution or misguided song and dance? / Christina Potter (p. 3-4); A solution to managing your flexible learning environments / Andrew Comrie (p. 5); Developing online learning with SFEU / Jean Henderson (p. 9); Best practice in online assessment / George Herd (p. 10-11); Growing and sustaining the SME customer base / Geoff Goolnik (p. 12-13); Improving student retention: issues in Central Scotland and Phalaborwa College, SA [South Africa] / Levy Baloyi (p.16-17); Putting one million, million brain cells into lifelong learning / Mitch Miller (p. 18-19); Will FE be marginalised in Higher Still / Cathy Howieson, David Raffe and Teresa Tinklin (p. 30-32); Where now for Higher Still in FE? / Ron Tuck (p. 37); Vocational education between innovation chaos and rigidity / Matthias Pilz (p. 39-41); Assessment strategies / June Smith (p. 42); NQs: the review review / Elda Feck (p. 43-44); Adult literacies and the FE college: a short sprint or a marathon? / Peter Lanigan (p. 55-56).

Other issues in this series are indexed at TD/TNC 65.361, TD/TNC 67.237 and TD/TNC 68.130. 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. This issue reflects on changes occurring in further education and its future role. The articles are presented under the following categories: Principal's platform; Schools/FE/HE/links; Curriculum/teaching and learning; The FE environment; Skills and employability; Lifelong learning and social inclusion; Online and resource-based learning. Articles in this issue include: The further education and higher education partnership development / Kathleen Taylor (p. 5-6); Further education and the community college: a Scottish and American perspective / Richard Marchesani (p. 7-8); Meeting the needs of tomorrow's learners: a new model for SQA awards / John Hart (p. 9-10); Higher Still in Practice Survey Report / John Young (p. 11-13); Sweeping away the cobwebs from Botswana's Cinderella sector ... / Ann Justice (p. 15-16); SQA support for the Botswana vocational education and training expansion programme / Martyn Ware (p. 17-18); Learning and Teaching Scotland: supporting learning and teaching in further education / Tony Sellars (p. 22-23); How to survive higher education with a disability / Jackie Cairns (p. 27-29); A student's eye view of Scottish FE / Shona Young (p. 30); Further education and lifelong learning: a business view / Ian McMillan (p. 41-42); The challenge for FE: a chairperson's view / Bob Kay (p. 50-51); Commercial services: have we been going in the right direction? / Trevor White (p. 52-53); Redefining the culture of learning / Alex Neil (p. 54-55); Filling Scottish skills gaps / Neil Robertson (p. 56-57); The parliament, the funding council and us: part 2 / Carolyn Davidson (p. 58-59); Progress with community learning plans: Towards Community Learning Plans report / Gerry Cairns (p. 60); Improving practice: peer group observation / Cathy Smith (p. 61-62); National Learning Network/UK FE ILT [Information Learning Technology] content development programme / Heather Sanderson (p. 64-65); Roundtables: learning through collaboration / Marianne Oliver, Catriona Kemp and Susi Peacock (p. 66-67). Show less