Prof. Dr. Michael Osborne
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Michael J Osborne is Professor of Adult and Lifelong Learning in the Department of Adult and Continuing Education (DACE) at the Faculty of Education, University of Glasgow. He is Director of the Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Learning within the Faculty and Co-director of the PASCAL Observatory. He was formerly Co-director of the Centre for Research in Lifelong Learning at the University of Stirling and in total Professor Osborne has worked within the field of lifelong learning in the UK and beyond for 29 years. From 1979 -1989, he worked as a lecturer in Further Education and continues to have extensive links with the vocational sector. He worked at the University of Stirling from 1989 -2007 and was responsible for the setting up of a range of initiatives in widening participation. He was the foundation Director of the Teacher Qualification for FE at the University of Stirling, this being the largest programme of initial pre-service and in-service initial training programme for VET teachers in Scotland. He has been involved in the continuing professional development of VET teachers though the delivery of post-graduate management programmes. He has been undertaking research work in the field of widening access to Further and Higher Education (F/HE) and equity and social inclusion of adults since the mid 1980s. He has particular expertise in the performance of adult students in Further and Higher Education, work-based access, particularly from SMEs, the access curriculum in Science and Technology and comparative policy in access to HE.
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