…and national government, civil engineering and employment services. He was also HR consultant director of a national children’s charity for fourteen years. Richard’s areas of research and consulting interest are…
…few years, he has focused on studies of various aspects of young people’s transitions to adulthood; youth services; disability and social policy; the challenges faced by children and young people…
…holistic approach”; partnership; integration with other services; ongoing training of mentors; structured activities; setting expectations for frequency of contact and length of the relationship. Some of the benefits cited by…
…60 SGOSS governors (with a minimum of one year’s service and all from different schools), 50 Head Teachers and 30 Chairs of Governors. All groups were split between male and…
…eligibility, achievement and type of school. Surveys were of: pre- and post-16 learners (820 from Year 10 and 176 from Year 12 – 10% of total Diploma uptake) from the…
A report by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) This report was the conclusion of a three-year evaluation of the Young Apprenticeships (YA) programme. The…
…make MST learning relevant and “work with schools conducting in-service training of MST teachers and universities educating MST teachers to ensure inclusion of tuition in new scientific and technological developments,…
…raised hopes for school-to-work transition in a wider context of economic realities and post-industrialisation in which the ‘social capital’ inherent in certain jobs such as council services may well be…
A report by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) This report is based on a series of Ofsted evaluation visits to 21 Diploma consortia between…
…2007 until 2010, he led for higher education on the Prime Minister’s National Council of Excellence in Education. Sir Steve was knighted in the 2011 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services…
