Category: Biographies

Dr Vicky Duckworth

Dr Vicky Duckworth

Most recently she co-explored the gradual evolution of adult literacy policy in the UK from the 70s to the current decade; drawing on philosophical, sociological and economic frames of reference from local, national and International perspectives, and the application of empirical data the research argues that the value positions of instrumentalism, driven by the now…

Dr Rob Smith

Dr Rob Smith

His recent writing includes Building Colleges for the Future: what the Ugly Sisters have to tell us about FE, a chapter in Daley, M., Orr, K., & Petrie, J. (eds) (2015) Further Education and the Twelve Dancing Princesses, London: Institute of Education Press. Recent articles include: Rob Smith (2015) College re-culturing, marketisation and knowledge: the…