Professor Geoffrey Elliott

Geoffrey Elliott

Director of Regional Engagement

Contact Details

email: g.elliott@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 855145

Career background

Work in a variety of teaching and management roles in schools, further education colleges, adult education and higher education, and has also spent periods in industry training and development.

Qualifications

BA (Hons) English; MA (Educational Research); PGCE; EdD

Membership of Professional Bodies/Subject Associations

Fellow of Institute of Management;
Fellow of College of Teachers;
Member of Society for Research in Higher Education;
Member of Higher Education Academy;
Member of British Educational Research Association;
Member British Educational Leadership,
Management and Administration Society;
National Chair of Further Education Research Association

Teaching Specialism

Lifelong learning and post-compulsory education

Publications

Key Publications/Exhibitions/Performances

1996 - Crisis and Change in Vocational Education and Training, London: Jessica Kingsley (Higher Education Policy Series 36)
1999 - Lifelong Learning: the politics of the new learning environment, London: Jessica Kingsley (Higher Education Policy Series 44)
2000 - Images of Ageing: towards a contemporary theory of lifespan learning, Journal of Access and Credit Studies 2 (2) 204 – 219
2001 – Enhancing collaborative provision: implications of an HE/FE case study, Quality Assurance in Education 9 (4) 184 – 196 (first author with J. Gamble)
2003 – From Elitism to Inclusion: why are we widening participation in higher education?  Journal of Access Policy 1 (1) 64 – 68

Current Scholarship

Editor, Journal: Research in Post-compulsory Education;
Editorial Board Member, Journals: Quality Assurance in Education, Journal of Access Policy;
‘Regionalism in Higher Education in England: the politics of collaboration and competition’, Paper to be given at Annual Conference of British Educational Research Association, Manchester, September 2004

External Responsibilities

Chair, West Midlands Higher Education Association Widening Participation Group;
Chair, Aimhigher Implementation Group (Herefordshire and Worcestershire) and member of Regional Steering Group (West Midlands);
External Examiner, Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Gloucestershire, Oxford Brookes University;
Institutional Auditor, Quality Assurance Agency;
Member, UCAS National Joint Consultative Council
Member, Open College Network of Central England Council;
Member, Executive Group of Universities Association for Continuing Education
Member, Central Technology Belt, Learning and Skills Advisory Group