Addressing the Professional Standards for Teachers and Trainers, this bestselling textbook
helpfully balances theory and practice, introducing key theories and concepts relating to …

Across the developed world, most of us who work now earn our living in the service sector.
However, the issue of what kind of service economy is sustainable and desirable, both in …

This article examines the circumstances affecting creative teaching and learning within the
specific context of English further education (FE)—a sector which has proved to be …

Reflective practice is an important and underpinning skill required for students learning to
teach in the lifelong learning sector. This book makes the case for reflective practice in post …

This new and extensively updated edition of Introducing Employment Relations draws on
the most up-to-date research and contemporary examples to help students develop their …

Vocational education and its leadership is an important sphere of economic activity
worldwide and is being impacted by several trends including: the increasing significance …

It would be easy to assume that social trust is a normatively good value to promote within
institutions. Trust encourages cooperation between actors, and thus normalises policies …

Purpose–The purpose of this article is to examine how the labour process of further
education lecturers has changed as a result of legislative reforms introduced in the early …

This is an empirically based study of changes in the FE lecturer labour process driven by
college managers under pressure from central state targets and funding controls. Two …

Purpose–The purpose of the paper is to discuss how the so‐called “modernisation” agenda
has triggered changes in the structure and management of the UK public sector. The …