Add to ORKGThe Neoliberal Tempest has transformed the Scottish Further Education (FE) sector. Rather than seeking to empower civil society through human flourishing, the focus now is firmly on producing "work-ready" individuals to meet corporate demands. This chapter explores the impact of neoliberal policymaking on the Scottish FE sector, and how changed priorities inhibit the potential for the sector to benefit society. It then reimagines FE in a world that regards education as more than merely a source of human capital. A return to classical liberal values, embellished with the emancipatory overtones of critical pedagogy, can allow the sector to scratch out a new tune - one that allows FE professionals to dance again, unfettered by the indoctrinato...
Over the last decade, there has been an increasing drive towards the promotion and development of en...
A prominent feature of education policy in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and 1990s has been an emp...
This paper argues that the neoliberalization of education in England, begun in the 1980s, is having ...
In July 2012 the Scottish Government published ‘Reinvigorating College Governance: the Scottish Res...
New Labour came to power with a stated commitment to 'education, education, education' and confirmed...
This paper focuses primarily on New Labour's public services 'modernization' agenda, raising questio...
This article examines the links between Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) at the time...
In Scotland, we are witnessing a major initiative in the field of professional development for teach...
Although there have never been prescribed curriculum directives for enterprise education in Scotland...
'Neoliberal Scotland' argues that far from passing Scotland by, as is so often claimed, neoliberalis...
Further education (FE) has traditionally been a rather unspectacular activity. Lacking the visibilit...
The article considers arguments that address the changing forms of governance within which education...
Much has been written about the “neoliberalization” of Further Education in response to announcement...
This article considers the implications of a ‘managed’ approach to skills policy in Scotland, in whi...
In this chapter, a decade on from the financial crisis that heralded the introduction of austerity m...
Over the last decade, there has been an increasing drive towards the promotion and development of en...
A prominent feature of education policy in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and 1990s has been an emp...
This paper argues that the neoliberalization of education in England, begun in the 1980s, is having ...
In July 2012 the Scottish Government published ‘Reinvigorating College Governance: the Scottish Res...
New Labour came to power with a stated commitment to 'education, education, education' and confirmed...
This paper focuses primarily on New Labour's public services 'modernization' agenda, raising questio...
This article examines the links between Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) at the time...
In Scotland, we are witnessing a major initiative in the field of professional development for teach...
Although there have never been prescribed curriculum directives for enterprise education in Scotland...
'Neoliberal Scotland' argues that far from passing Scotland by, as is so often claimed, neoliberalis...
Further education (FE) has traditionally been a rather unspectacular activity. Lacking the visibilit...
The article considers arguments that address the changing forms of governance within which education...
Much has been written about the “neoliberalization” of Further Education in response to announcement...
This article considers the implications of a ‘managed’ approach to skills policy in Scotland, in whi...
In this chapter, a decade on from the financial crisis that heralded the introduction of austerity m...
Over the last decade, there has been an increasing drive towards the promotion and development of en...
A prominent feature of education policy in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and 1990s has been an emp...
This paper argues that the neoliberalization of education in England, begun in the 1980s, is having ...