Quality Improvement

A book by Nicky Perry and David Sherlock describing fully the unique Beyond Standards techniques for continuous quality improvement was published in April 2008. Quality Improvement in Adult Vocational Education and Training: Transforming Skills for the Global Economy is available direct from Kogan Page in hardback at £40.00, from Amazon or from business booksellers.

The book describes what is required for success in the global skills market and how the quality of skills training can be improved dramatically – and quickly. It is aimed at college, private training providers and employers, third sector organisations and government policy makers in the UK and internationally. It contains case studies of success.

The book has a foreword by the Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, former Secretary of State of Education and Employment of the UK, and endorsements by Dame Ruth Silver, principal Lewisham College, London; Katie Epstein, head of VET at the British Council; and Alan Tuckett CBE, director of the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education.

Nicky Perry and David Sherlock can be commissioned to give conference speeches and workshops on the Beyond Standards approach to quality improvement.

• The Times Educational Supplement Book Review
• Kogan Page