an article by Mike Marinetto (Cardiff University, UK) published in Organization Volume 20 Number 4 (July 2013)
Abstract
The Humboldtian educational ideal of the modern university based around an intellectual-based learning experience cannot be ignored. Indeed, this has been brought into sharp relief by the marketisation of higher education: there is a growing awareness in the university sector, particularly in research-intensive universities, that fee-paying students are entitled to a worthwhile learning experience.
This awareness has been further reinforced with the growth of consumer scrutiny in the higher education sector, principally through the introduction of the National Student Survey in 2005.
The concern of this article is to explore how research-focused institutions have used their supposed research excellence to pursue teaching excellence and whether this really has enhanced the student learning experience in practice.
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Wednesday, 19 June 2013
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
The 'ins' and 'outs' of working in the UK voluntary sector
an article by Alasdair C. Rutherford (affiliation(s) not provided) published in Voluntary Sector Review Volume 3 Number 3 (November 2012)
Abstract
The voluntary sector in the UK has grown dramatically in recent years, fuelled by the rise in the number of public services contracted out through the use of commissioning and competitive tendering.
I use data from the UK Labour Force Survey to examine how the voluntary sector workforce has changed over this period. I analyse the characteristics of “sector switchers” – workers who move into or out of the voluntary sector.
Over time there have been significant changes not only in the “stock” of voluntary sector workers, but also in the “flow” of workers into and out of the sector.
Hazel’s comment:
I think I’m reading this correctly. There are now more workers in the voluntary sector than previously (I’d need to read the article to find out the duration used in the analysis) because public services are being delivered by organisations that are contracted to but not part of the public service (i.e. the Civil Service as an organisation).
Reminds me of when I took my early retirement from the Civil Service and continued to do exactly the same job as I had been doing the day before except that I earned less money in a not-for-profit organisation and had more responsibility!!
Abstract
The voluntary sector in the UK has grown dramatically in recent years, fuelled by the rise in the number of public services contracted out through the use of commissioning and competitive tendering.
I use data from the UK Labour Force Survey to examine how the voluntary sector workforce has changed over this period. I analyse the characteristics of “sector switchers” – workers who move into or out of the voluntary sector.
Over time there have been significant changes not only in the “stock” of voluntary sector workers, but also in the “flow” of workers into and out of the sector.
Hazel’s comment:
I think I’m reading this correctly. There are now more workers in the voluntary sector than previously (I’d need to read the article to find out the duration used in the analysis) because public services are being delivered by organisations that are contracted to but not part of the public service (i.e. the Civil Service as an organisation).
Reminds me of when I took my early retirement from the Civil Service and continued to do exactly the same job as I had been doing the day before except that I earned less money in a not-for-profit organisation and had more responsibility!!
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