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The paper provides an analysis of Core Skill policy and practice in the UK. The author presents a conceptual basis for re-thinking generic Core Skills within educational approaches in teaching and learning. The discussion looks at whether universal notions of generic skills are appropriate when considering post-compulsory pedagogic approaches to the design of the curriculum. The arguments are framed within wider cross-disciplinary debates in linguistics, the psychology of work and education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents news briefs related to work and education in Great Britain as of November 1976. Launch of fellowships in manufacturing management by the Engineering Industry Training Board in Great Britain; Courses offered by the National Center of Tribology for 1977; Report of the European Economic Community's Education Committee on the role of education in preparing young people for working life and the transition from work to school.