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Callaghan, Rt. Hon. J (1976) Ruskin College Speech - 18/10/76 DfEE (2000) Guardian article about speech http://education.guardian.co.uk/thegreatdebate/story/0,9860,574638,00.html

Change Management Library The Change Management article index is a directory of online articles on change management and related topics. Lots of articles here .. some better than others, but have a browse yourself and see what takes the eye. http://www.change-management.com/articles.htm

Chystalbridge, Marianne from the Education for Sustainable Development web site. The section on 'Managing Change' in the section called the Sustainable Development Toolkit describes itself as follows: 'Change tends to meet with resistance. Planning, creating strategies to involve individuals and groups in the change, and using management techniques designed specifically for transition can make the process of change less problematic. The following seven exercises are designed to help people who desire to initiate change. These exercises examine some essential elements of change and help to organize ideas for projects into action plans.' http://www.esdtoolkit.org/managing_change/default.htm

Handy, C Elephants and Fleas: Is Your Organization Prepared for Change? http://www.pfdf.org/leaderbooks/L2L/spring2002/handy.html

Hillage, Uden, et al (2000): Adult Learning in England, a Review, IES Report 369, 2000. Summary which starts 'This is a time of considerable flux in the field of adult learning in England. While participation in general is rising, there is a clear divide between those who benefit from education and training, and those who do not. However, new government policies aim to widen participation. This review forms a baseline from which their impact can be measured'. Not qite up to date now but a useful reference point in the field of the changing times of adult learning. http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/summary/summary.php?id=369

Jones, C and Anderson, M (2002) Managing curriculum change - Change management involves many factors: quality, resources, staff, students and funding, to name but a few. But above all, it is about processes - how to get where you want to be. Based on research carried out in three centres, Managing curriculum change looks at successful strategies that can be adopted to improve change management in your institution - LSDA - Download from http://www.lsda.org.uk/pubs/dbaseout/download.asp?code=ISBN1853386421

Kennedy, H (1997) Learning Works - Widening Participation report National Committee of Inquiry : FEFC - Coventry A NIACE briefing on the report is at http://www.niace.org.uk/Organisation/advocacy/Archive/Kennedybriefing.htm

Kirkpatrick, Donald L. (2001) Managing Change Effectively - Approaches, Methods and Case Examples: Butterworth-Heinemann

A useful article on the Kirkpatrick Four Stage Model of Evaluation at http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/k4levels/index.htm

Michael G. Fullan Why Teachers Must Become Change Agents - Teacher education programs must help teaching candidates to link the moral purpose that influences them with the tools that will prepare them to engage in productive change. A golden oldie that still has much to tell us today download ( pdf 120k)

The NIACE site, in their 'Influencing Public Policy' section, has many responses to many reports. http://www.niace.org.uk/Organisation/advocacy/Default.htm

Planning and Managing Curriculum Change from the LSN. Useful publication which includes 14 good practice checklists for managing curriculum change which can be found in Appendix 1. Download (pdf 288k)

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