Brian Groombridge
Biographic Data
| ID | 340362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Groombridge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Groombridge |
| SIGNATURE | GROOMBRIDGE B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Director of Extra-Mural Studies, London University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Progress and Controversy in Britain
The author presents a debate in which he and Sir Kenneth Barrill, chairman of a British Think Tank closely linked to government circles, discuss priorities in Adult Education. While Sir Kenneth argues forcefully to direct government priorities towards job retraining programmes, Mr. Groombridge favours a more all-encompassing education policy that can answer human needs other than job qualification
Better Government with Older Citizens
Better Government for Older People: this ambitious project to involve older citizens in the improvement of policies affecting them, celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2008. Then the Government decided to close it down, setting up an Advisory Forum as an alternative. BGOP's considerable achievements were widely recognised (and acknowledged in the DWP review by John Elbourne) but there were real shortcomings. BGOP's previous history is summarised,…
Parliament and the Future
Television in the Corporate Interest
Education and Retirement
Education and Retirement
Something Rotten on Denmark Street
Something Rotten on Denmark Street
Education and Retirement
Education and Retirement
Television in the Corporate Interest
Parliament and the Future
Better Government with Older Citizens
Better Government for Older People: this ambitious project to involve older citizens in the improvement of policies affecting them, celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2008. Then the Government decided to close it down, setting up an Advisory Forum as an alternative. BGOP's considerable achievements were widely recognised (and acknowledged in the DWP review by John Elbourne) but there were real shortcomings. BGOP's previous history is summarised,…
Progress and Controversy in Britain
The author presents a debate in which he and Sir Kenneth Barrill, chairman of a British Think Tank closely linked to government circles, discuss priorities in Adult Education. While Sir Kenneth argues forcefully to direct government priorities towards job retraining programmes, Mr. Groombridge favours a more all-encompassing education policy that can answer human needs other than job qualification
Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Retirement, Disability, and Employment (2 works)