Typical questions

Considerations

It would be difficult to list all the types of questions you could possibly be asked about such a huge subject area, but suffice to say they usually fall into two categories; those relating to statistical or research information and those relating to contact details. In this book education has been divided into four chapters, on:

Where to look

General

Education yearbook, Pearson

Provides information and contact details of all those involved in education provision in the UK, including local education departments, central government, educational establishments and other educational organizations. There is also a section on overseas education.

World of learning (2008) 58th edn, Europa

Covers 30,000 academic institutions and 200,000 staff and officials. These include universities, colleges and schools of art and music among other institutions. Also available via online subscription: www.worldoflearning.com.

Journals

Times Educational Supplement

TSL Education

Tel: 020 7782 3000; Fax: 020 7782 3100

www.tes.co.uk

Weekly

Times Higher Education Supplement

TSL Education

Tel: 020 7782 3000; Fax: 020 7782 3100

www.timeshighereducation.co.uk

Weekly

Statistics

For brief statistics on education use the chapters on education in Social Trends or Annual Abstract of Statistics, both published by the Office for National Statistics.

For more detailed statistics use the excellent website of the Department for Children, Schools and Families www.dcsf.gov.uk. Many statistical publications can be downloaded freely. Go to ‘Tables and statistics’ and select ‘Research and statistics’ or ‘Local statistics about Education’. Highly recommended.

OECD (2007) Education at a glance: OECD indicators, OECD

400 pages of statistics and commentary. Available to download at www.oecd.org. Excellent.

For research

For research publications covering all aspects of education use the excellent website of the Department for Children, Schools and Families www.dcsf.gov.uk. Go to ‘Resources’ and select ‘Publications’ or use ‘Tables and statistics’ and select ‘Research and statistics’.

Key Note Reports

For free executive summaries of report titles listed under Education and Training visit www.keynote.co.uk. For details of obtaining full reports contact Key Note Tel: 020 8481 8750; Fax: 020 8783 0049.