The Department of Education and Science

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-21838-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 258 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 460 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

Originally published in 1979, the primary aim of The Department of Education and Science, was to provide a contemporary account of the Department at work, to explain what it tries to do and how it takes place in the machinery of government, central and local, and to say something about the people who work in it. There is necessarily some history of the department, which had undergone much change since the end of the second world war. Rather than try to bring it completely up to date, the chapters concentrate on developments in the Department’s work over the three decades following the enactment of the Education Act 1944, during which it acquired its present shape and range of functions. Today it can be read in its historical context.

Zielgruppe

Adult education, General, and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pile, Sir William

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Kultur-, Wissenschafts- & Technologiepolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.  Part One: The Growth and Scope of the Department 1. Introduction: From Committee of Council to Department of State 2. Demographic and Social Background 3. The Department and its Partners in the Education Service 4. National Policies for Education 5. The Financing of Education  Part Two: The Department’s Main Responsibilities Under the Education Acts 6. The Department and the Schools 7. Teachers and Teacher Training 8. Further Education  Part Three: The Department and the Universities 9. The University Grants Committee; The Robbins Report; Student Grants  Part Four: The Growth of Higher Education 10. Higher Education: A Decade of Rapid Growth, and Some Problems  Part Five: The Department’s Responsibilities in Other Fields 11. The Department and the Library Services 12. The Department’s Concern with the Arts and Museums 13. The Department and Civil Science  Part Six: Organisation and Personnel; and Some Conclusions 14. Organisation and Personnel 15. Some Conclusions. Appendix: Ministers of Education and Secretaries of State for Education and Science since 1944. Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Sir William Pile (1919–1997), Permanent Under-Secretary of State 1970–1976, Department of Education and Science.