Education for Public Service
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20071361 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ann Scott (0009-0000-5492-8937, The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Pages | 7-15 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Ernest Gowers (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9780230244306_2 |
| OpenAlex | W2503794754 |
| ISBN | 9780230244306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Sir William Gowers made three significant choices affecting his sons’ careers, the last perhaps dictating the previous two: he chose Rugby as their public school, Classics as their subject, and entry into the Civil Service for their careers. The public school curriculum, the Classics courses at Oxford and Cambridge, and the entrance examination into the Civil Service were closely linked. Anyone wishing to gain a place as a First Division clerk in the late nineteenth century was well advised to study classics
Art · Chose · Civil service · Curriculum · Library science · Political science · Public service · Service (business) · Sociology · Subject (documents) · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Classical Studies and Philology · Classics · Computer Science · Historical and Literary Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |