Improving working lives

Working Lives & Adult Education

The case is made for a politically and culturally engaged critical pedagogy of work, placing it within the historical legacy of adult education. Prompted by the Work and Learning Network initiative at the University of Alberta, this paper marks a renewal of the author’s interest in the discourse on education and the world of work. The critical commentaries on education and work in Critical Cros...

Improving lives through information.

Improving hospital doctors' working lives: online questionnaire survey of all grades.

BACKGROUND In 2001, the Department of Health produced the Improving Working Lives (IWL) for Doctors document. This is the first national survey which asks hospital doctors what changes are needed to improve their working lives. METHODS An online questionnaire was run over a period of six weeks and was open to all doctors of all grades. Doctors were asked to choose their top five factors from ...

1 Policies , Promises and Trust : Improving Working Lives in the National Health Service

research interest include trust in the context of the employment relationship, evaluation, change management and diversity. His main areas of research interest include downsizing, organizational justice, trust and research methods. Abstract In recent years the UK National Health Service (NHS) has been characterised by radical and continuous change at every level. Within the literature, and the ...

Improving Women’s Lives: Progress and Obstacles

In the last 10 years, the lives of women and girls around the world have, on average, improved due in part to concerted action by the international community and national governments and in part through the actions of women and girls themselves. Today, there is greater awareness that gender equality is important for economic development and poverty reduction, and there is a greater commitment t...