1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910712903403321

Titolo

Emergency Workshop on Energy Conservation in Buildings / / National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards and National Bureau of Standards Joint Emergency Workshop on Energy Conservation in Buildings, held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., June 19, 1973 ; prepared by Sandra A. Berry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : , : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., , 1975

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 25 pages)

Collana

NBS technical note ; ; 789-1

Altri autori (Persone)

BerrySandra A

Disciplina

602/.1 s

697

Soggetti

Building laws - United States

Buildings - Environmental engineering

Energy conservation - United States

Energy policy - United States

Building laws

Energy conservation

Energy policy

Conference papers and proceedings.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779815203321

Autore

Field Michael <1940, >

Titolo

APL : developing more flexible colleges / / Michael Field

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

1-134-87727-7

1-134-87728-5

1-280-32692-1

0-203-13718-3

0-203-30603-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 p.)

Collana

Further education

Disciplina

370.15/23

374.0130941

Soggetti

Experiential learning - Great Britain

Universities and colleges - Great Britain - Administration

College credits - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures and tables; Series Editor's foreword; Foreword to the series; Introduction; The alternative focus of accreditation of prior learning; Introducing accreditation; The shaping of today's colleges; Developing pressures; External pressures for change; Teaching and learning frameworks; Teaching and learning: catering for changing needs; Accreditation and assessment services; Assessment on demand services; The shape of tomorrow's colleges; Developing a distinct mission for the college; Widening participation; Attracting potential students

Dealing effectively with enquiriesEnabling students to succeed; The framework of guidance and support; Organisational factors affecting flexibility; Organisational climate; Managing change: assessing the amount of change required; Managing the pressures to change; Managing change: change models; An individual model of change; A management initiated model of change; Managing the resistance to change; Index



Sommario/riassunto

The keystones for provision in the new era of Further Education will be flexibility of response, open access, equality of opportunity, and valuing and accrediting alternative ways of learning - all linked together within the concepts of providing life-long learning opportunities. The provision of APL, along with the support services needed to ensure its success, can be used as the `acid test' of whether a college is truly open and accessible to a variety of learners. Written by an experienced manager, this book offers invaluable advice for other managers and senior staff engaged in transformin