Title: Post-compulsory education and lifelong learning across the United Kingdom : policy, organisation and governance /
Authors: Hodgson, Ann, 1953-; Spours, Ken.; Waring, Martyn.; University of London.
Publisher: Institute Of Education, University of London,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Adult education and state Great Britain.; Continuing education Great Britain.
Contents: National education systems: the wider context / Ann Hodgson and Ken Spours -- The English skills policy narrative / Ewart Keep -- The Scottish perspective: continuity and change post-devolution / Janet Lowe and Vernon Gayle -- Devolution, policy-making and lifelong learning: the case of Wales / Gareth Rees -- Organisational arrangements in England, Scotland and Wales: how the systems work / Ann Hodgson, Ken Spours and Martyn Waring with Stuart Gardner, Jim Gallacher and Dennis Gunning -- Policy into practice: provider perspectives / David James -- Convergence, divergence and post-devolution politics across the UK: the shaping role of the state, markets and democracy / Ken Spours -- Post-compulsory education and lifelong learning across the UK: moving from managed divergence to a new period of uncertainty / Ann Hodgson, Ken Spours, Martyn Waring, Jim Gallacher, Ewart Keep and Gareth Rees.