Closing the Gap: Liberal education and vocational preparation

by Richard Pring

Genres: Education

204 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Professor Emeritus, Department of Education, University of Oxford.

PhL (Gregorian, Rome), BA (UCL), PhD (London). Honours: Bene Merente Medal (Pope Pius XII, 1959), Hon. D.Litt (University of Kent, 1984), Aga Khan Award of Distinction, 2008), Hon.D.Litt, (University of London: Inst. of Education, 2015)

Director of the Department of Educational Studies at Oxford University until retirement in May 2003. From 2003 he was Lead Director of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training, a £1,000,000 six year project, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

Completed the following research projects in addition to the Nuffield Review: the evaluation of the Oxford Bursary Scheme with John Fox, a £125,000 project funded from Atlantic Philanthropies, and an evaluation of quality assurance in 11 Arab Universities, with a grant funding of £12,000 from the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme).

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