This 230 page edited book attempts to capture the ethos of the age of learning and analyze its features. It questions its ethics from a variety of academic perspectives and…
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This 230 page edited book attempts to capture the ethos of the age of learning and analyze its features. It questions its ethics from a variety of academic perspectives and discusses how the learning society actually functions. Traditional views are seen threatened, as education becomes a commodity. Education and learning are seen intertwined with global capitalism, and government policies and practices are increasingly viewed as treating learning as an investment, resulting in employability and work. A learning society emerges as one of the products.
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Since 1990 mature learners have been in a majority in British highereducation. Reports on a recent policy paper from NIACE which exploresthe implications of this, proposing a set…
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Since 1990 mature learners have been in a majority in British higher education. Reports on a recent policy paper from NIACE which explores the implications of this, proposing a set of principles on which the new “adult higher education” should be based. Higher education should be reconceived as a kind of learning not of institution, and that it should be lifelong, learner‐centred, achievement‐led, economically proactive, explicit and diverse. Also defines a set of three frameworks – for learner support, curriculum and credit – around which it might be built. Also reports on the results of the Institute′s national consultation about the paper.
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The Unit for the Development of Adult Continuing Education (UDACE) has published its project report, Information and Technology in Educational Guidance, on the opportunities and…
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The Unit for the Development of Adult Continuing Education (UDACE) has published its project report, Information and Technology in Educational Guidance, on the opportunities and pitfalls of using computers to provide information about education and training for adults. The report is intended for all those planning computer‐based information systems to help adults to find and use education and training opportunities, at local or national level. Its publication is particularly timely, in view of the plans of the Manpower Services Commission and the Department of Education and Science to establish a national network of Training Access Points, and of work by the DES on national databases and guidance systems.
A new system of ‘A’‐level grading to resolve the long‐standing problem of the narrow mark range of Grade C will come into force for the Summer 1987 examinations, and according to…
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A new system of ‘A’‐level grading to resolve the long‐standing problem of the narrow mark range of Grade C will come into force for the Summer 1987 examinations, and according to Education Secretary Sir Keith Joseph: The new system should be both fair and practicable, and should stand the test of some years. The following grading system will be adopted:
Three basic approaches to retail institutional change can be discerned in the last 30 years. The first contends that institutional evolution is a function of developments in the…
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Three basic approaches to retail institutional change can be discerned in the last 30 years. The first contends that institutional evolution is a function of developments in the socio‐economic environment. The second argues that change occurs in a cyclical fashion. The third considers inter‐institutional conflict to be the mainspring of retail change. None of those approaches is found to be entirely satisfactory, and a series of combination theories has been posited. It is argued that regional institutional change is the result of environmental forces and a cycle‐like sequence of inter‐institutional conflict.
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Fahri Unsal and Hormoz Movassaghi
Outlines the internet’s contribution to the US economy with particular reference to the growth of online investing since 1994. Presents a study of the factors leading to this…
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Outlines the internet’s contribution to the US economy with particular reference to the growth of online investing since 1994. Presents a study of the factors leading to this growth and its impact on the industry. Tabulates the market shares and stock commissions of the top ten online brokers, discusses their competitive strategies and identifies their key growth drivers. Suggests that they examplify McNair’s (1978) “wheel of retailing” by moving from a new, discounted service to a range of services like those of traditional brokers. Considers the online industry’s current problems (technical, legal, regulatory etc.), gives some advice on choosing an online broker and ranks the top ten by various criteria. Predicts that customers will benefit from increasing competition in the future and that the most successful firms will be middle‐tier ones offering a good combination of cost and service.
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The purpose of the paper is to investigate the writing style of Stanley C. Hollander, in order to better understand the power of his prose.
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Purpose
The purpose of the paper is to investigate the writing style of Stanley C. Hollander, in order to better understand the power of his prose.
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A line‐by‐line literary analysis of Hollander's publications, with a view to detecting his stylistic “signature” or “fingerprint”.
Findings
Four key elements are integral to Hollander's writing style – interrogatives, inventories, iconoclasm and irony. His single most characteristic literary device is litotes, a mode of ironic understatement.
Research limitations/implications
Literary analysis is inherently idiosyncratic and tends to reflect the perspective of the interpreter. Another analyst is sure to find different features in Hollander's corpus (though this is less a methodological shortcoming than a testament to the richness of Hollander's writings).
Originality/value
All academics are writers and, by better understanding the technique of a much admired stylist, everyone's publications can be improved.
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The High Court judgments in the two appeal cases relating to the sale of cream containing boric acid will be read with considerable satisfaction by those who consider that the…
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The High Court judgments in the two appeal cases relating to the sale of cream containing boric acid will be read with considerable satisfaction by those who consider that the protection of the health of the people is a matter of greater importance than the protection of the interests of a trade. In one case the Westminster City Council appealed against the decision of a Metropolitan Police magistrate who had dismissed a summons taken out by the Council under the third Section of the Act of 1875 for the sale of “preserved cream” containing 23·8 grains of boric acid per pound, and in the other the vendors of a sample of “preserved cream” containing 19·7 grains of boric acid per pound, appealed against their conviction under the same Section of the Act by the Kensington justices. In the first case the appeal was allowed and the case was remitted to the magistrate with a direction to convict; and in the second the appeal was dismissed, the Divisional Court, consisting of Justices Ridley, Bray and Avory being unanimous in both cases.