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18-647: The conception of the journal was first discussed by the Institute in 1964. The journal was launched in 1966, with Kevin Keohane as its first editor. This article about an education journal is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about academic journals . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Kevin Keohane Kevin William Keohane CBE , KCSG , FInstP (1923-1996)

36-589: A Certificate of Extended Education that had been proposed by the Schools Council . The resulting report became known as the Keohane Report, (officially called Proposals for a Certificate of Extended Education) with its recommendations being rejected by the then Department for Education and Science. Keohane also continued to teach as a visiting professor at King's College London . Keohane retired as Rector of Roehampton Institute of Higher Education in 1988, but

54-572: A PhD. A Certificate in Calligraphy and Bookbinding was offered, followed by a Diploma in Calligraphy, followed in turn by an Advanced Diploma in Calligraphy. Ann Camp retired in 1989 and although the course continued for some years afterwards, Digby Stuart College withdrew its support and the course transferred to Kensington Palace under the aegis of the Prince of Wales Trust. This United Kingdom university, college or other education institution article

72-432: A special interest for the provision of Catholic teachers." In 1976, Keohane left his position at Chelsea College of Science and Technology to become the first Rector of the newly created Roehampton Institute of Higher Education . Keohane had prior knowledge of one of the four colleges that had been brought together, Digby Stuart College , where he had been a governor. As part of his new position he had to re-organise

90-596: The University of Bristol . After a year of his degree he joined the Royal Air Force as part of the war effort, reaching the rank of Flight Lieutenant working on radar. After leaving the RAF, Keohane completed his degree and joined the University of Bristol initially as a physics researcher on the optics of the eye, before taking the role of lecturer in anatomy, followed by becoming a reader in biophysics. In 1952 Keohane founded

108-458: The British publication Journal for Education Policy. Keohane joined Chelsea College of Science and Technology as Professor of Physics. During 1965 the college was planned to be moved to St. Albans by the British government, however by 1966 the college had joined the University of London as a federal member. As part of his involvement, he pushed the government for the funding and introduction of

126-621: The Chapel of the Sacred Heart, built by William Wardell in 1853, are listed buildings. In 1979 Ann Camp ARCA who had been teaching calligraphy to the BEd students began a course of calligraphy and bookbinding at Digby Stuart College, one of only two such course in the Western world. Twelve students per year were taken on, most of whom already possessed an undergraduate degree although a number of students held

144-588: The Great twice, firstly as a Knight, and then as a Knight Commander (KCSG). Keohane was born in Portsmouth , Hampshire to William Patrick and Mabel Margaret Keohane on the 28 February 1923, one of three children. He married Mary Margaret Patricia Ashford (known as Patricia). They had four children, one son and three girls. Keohane was a practicing Catholic . Keohane died on 13 April 1996. At his funeral former colleague Professor Paul Black said in his eulogy: "Here

162-650: The Roman Catholic Society of the Sacred Heart , an order of French religious women who settled at Roehampton in 1850. At the time there were two other Catholic training colleges in Britain, St Mary's in London for men, founded 1850, and Our Lady's in Liverpool for women, founded 1856. In 1905 the college moved to St Charles Square, North Kensington and took the name St Charles College. The college moved to Roehampton and

180-427: The early 1970s Keohane was critical with the re-organisation of Higher Education, especially with Catholic Colleges, stating "One seriously wonders in all this what professional advice has been heeded in this administrative exercise of reorganisation. Little if anything has been forthcoming on what is almost certainly to happen to Catholic colleges — to which we, the laity, have subscribed financially, and in which we have

198-522: The four colleges into one institution. However he was still active in research work, writing the report "Research on Science Education in Europe: Improvement of Research Activities and Results" for the Council for Cultural Co-operation's Committee for Educational Research. In 1978, Keohane was selected to set up a study group by the then Secretary of State for Education, to look into the proposals for

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216-661: The new Chair of Mathematics, became the Vice-Principal of the college and was instrumental in the Nuffield Foundation basing their curriculum research teams at Chelsea and leading on key projects. Keohane had initially not been keen on the Nuffield Foundations work, recalling in 1988 that he "was not optimistic, in part because of a lack of funding to support teachers' work, but mainly because he saw no hope of attracting enough physics graduates into teaching." During

234-620: The new chair of Science Education, the first in Britain, which was created in 1967. Keohane was elected to the role, becoming founder and first director of the new Chelsea Centre for Science Education. Keohane had by this time become co-ordinator for the Nuffield Foundation Science Teaching project, replacing John Maddox , and the first editor for the Institute of Physics journal Physics Education . While at Chelsea College of Science and Technology , Keohane helped create

252-570: Was a British physicist and education administrator. Keohane was the first Professor of Science Education in the United Kingdom , holding the position with the Chelsea College of Science and Technology between 1967 and 1976. Keohane was made the first Rector of the newly formed Roehampton Institute of Higher Education in 1976, a position he held until his retirement in 1988. Keohane attended Borden Grammar School , and achieved his degree at

270-403: Was a people's person, not a book person, a person who did not build up institutions for his own glory but to meet needs and to support and promote others in doing so" Digby Stuart College Digby Stuart College is one of the four constituent colleges of the University of Roehampton . The college was established in 1874 as Wandsworth College, a women's teacher training college , by

288-451: Was awarded a CBE in 1976 for his contribution to education. In 1987 he was made an Honorary Doctorate of the University of Surrey , while in 1988 Keohane was made an Honorary Fellow of University of Roehampton . Keohane won the Institute of Physics Lawrence Bragg Medal and Prize in 1991 for his outstanding contribution to physics education. Keohane was awarded the Order of St. Gregory

306-475: Was renamed in honour of Mother Mabel Digby and Mother Janet Stuart in 1946. The college became coeducational in 1971. In 1975, the college became part of the Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, which became Roehampton University in 2004. Currently, approximately 2,000 of Roehampton's 8,000 students, are assigned to Digby Stuart College with about 450 living on the campus. The Old Lodge and

324-748: Was still engaged in educational work. As the founder of the Journal for Education Policy, he had worked his way up to be Vice Chair of the Taylor and Francis publishing business, a position he held until 1993. In 1986 he joined the board of Myrrh, a charity delivering craft and technical courses to the unemployed in South East London , helping find new private funding when government funds were withdrawn. Keohane also worked for numerous institutions in advisor and governor roles up and to his death including Ursuline High School, Wimbledon and Wimbledon College . Keohane

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