dc.contributor.author |
Madell, D |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-11-10T23:06:55Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2006 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
2006. City College Norwich, Norwich. 1-73 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/8927 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Foundation Degrees (FDs) are a vocationally-centred qualification, the first courses for which were offered in September 2001 to meet a perceived deficit of highly qualified technicians and associate professionals in the UK. The aim of this project was to investigate whether FDs delivered in partnership with private sector employers are more or less successful than those delivered in conjunction with the public sector.Quantitative and qualitative research were undertaken for this project. The quantitative part of the study used a questionnaire created by the author which was designed to examine various characteristics of individual FDs throughout England,including their enrolment, retention and achievement rates. In addition, quantitative data regarding FDs were supplied by Foundation Degree Forward (FDF) and the Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA). The qualitative part of the study employed interviews conducted with FD stakeholders, whose purpose was to investigate issues concerning public and private sector FDs that might not have been covered by the questionnaires.The research suggested that it can be difficult to make a clear distinction between public and private sector FDs. Whilst some FDs clearly have more relevance to the public sector than others, it remains difficult to categorise many programmes. However, evidence was found which suggests that FDs which are most public-sector relevant may be able to attract larger numbers of students for enrolment than those which are less relevant to this sector. Differences in retention rates between public and non-public sector FDs were not found. Results also suggest that there may be a greater proportion of mature students on public-sector relevant FDs than on those with less relevance to this sector. Therefore, public sector FDs may be meeting the UK government’s ‘widening participation’ agenda more successfully in this regard. |
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dc.publisher |
City College Norwich |
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dc.rights |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Foundation Degree Forward: A Comparative Study of Foundation Degree Development and Experience in the Public and Private Sectors |
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dc.type |
Report |
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pubs.begin-page |
1 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: City College Norwich |
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pubs.author-url |
http://www.theresearchcentre.co.uk/reports/foundation-degree-forward-comparative-study-foundation-degree-development-and-experience-pub |
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pubs.commissioning-body |
City College Norwich |
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pubs.end-page |
73 |
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pubs.place-of-publication |
Norwich |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Commissioned Report |
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pubs.elements-id |
239382 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2011-11-11 |
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