This paper is both (a) an exercise in historical recovery in that it details some of the events surrounding the founding of the City and Guilds of London Institute and describes the way in which the Institute set about the building and running of two of its colleges, the City and Guilds Technical Co…
Source:International Journal of Human Resource Management
(2000)
Creating sufficient opportunities for individuals to develop their capabilities and earn a living wage is one of the central challenges facing all countries. However, some types of vocational education and training (VET) institutions may be more effective than others in promoting the development of …
Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
In the twenty-first century, knowledge-based economies require planned management of knowledge and, therefore, partnerships between the world of work and education will take on qualitatively different emphases. The United Kingdom Government has recognised this through various initiatives including t…
This paper reports on an evaluation of competence-based vocational education practice in Scotland, with particular reference to higher level professional awards. Students (n=236) who registered for level 4 and 5 Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs) returned questionnaires providing data on thei…
Source:International Journal of Lifelong Education
(2000)
Over the last decade, a competency-based approach to education and training has become widely used in a broad range of education and training contexts, most particularly, vocational education and training (VET). Among other things, this approach emphasizes the importance of knowledge and skill that …
The paper Addresses one aspect of the ‘New Realities’ of higher education: the employer-higher education interface. It explores the development of the ‘employability’ agenda in higher education, examines the nature and implication of organisational change for graduates and assesses what attributes g…
Research findings on graduate employment in the UK continue to highlight the importance that employers attach to the general knowledge, attitudes and social skills that graduates possess in addition to specific disciplinary knowledge and expertise. Additionally, work based learning is increasingly b…
Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
The design and delivery of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in the United Kingdom have suffered from both conceptual operational problems. This article identifies two ways of dealing with these problems that are based on wider research findings. The first approach is to move from a narrow m…
Source:Research in Post-Compulsory Education
(2000)
The increasing use of occupational analysis and the dominance of a particular form, functional analysis, are noted. A comparative study of approaches to occupational analysis is proposed, to inform future analyses. Issues in comparison in general are explored. The nature of the particular study is t…
