Academic culture is not uniformly accessed or experienced. Whilst financial constraints have
a major impact on student entry and retention, students from'non-traditional'backgrounds are …

The focus of this paper is the current development of work-based learning awards. We will
relate work-based learning awards to the way in which the workplace has been constructed …

This article explores the role of group supervision within doctoral education, offering an
exploration of the experience of group supervision processes through a small-scale study …

This article explores the ways in which prior experiences in formal learning contexts
influence adult learners' views of their current context. Using interview data from five women …

While debate about the meaning of hermeneutics and phenomenology for educational
research continues (Ehrich, 1999; Kerdeman, 1999; Maykut & Morehouse, 1994; Patton …

Tutkimuksessa on seurattu noin vuoden mittaisen opiskeluperiodin aikana
aikuisopiskelijoiden oppimista verkkopohjaisessa oppimisympäristössä …

The debate about access to higher education in Ireland has been linked to the debate about
educational equality and socio-economic disadvantage. Most of the discussion so far has …

This paper seeks to review and re-frame the idea of social purpose adult education in the
context of a contemporary Risk Society and the interface between modernist and …

As its title suggests, this paper explores the compatibility of outcomes-based education
(OBE), the recognition of prior learning (RPL) and adult education in higher education in …

This paper offers a retrospective reflexive narrative of my experience of sensemaking and
identity on a Professional Doctorate Programme. It discusses some of the challenges of …