Article 1993

Work Based Learning: Linking Academic and Vocational Qualifications

Journal of Further and Higher Education
Journal · Vol. 17 · Issue 3 · pp. 61-69
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Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
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1 Clinical Psychology, (1989)
2 Unpaid Work, (1993)
3 Competence and Assessment, (1990)
4 Work Based Learning is A Relatively New Concept in British Education and Training Literature Although It has Been Used for A Long Time in the Usa Even to the Extent of an Office of Work Based Learning Being Created in the Department of Labour It is Not Used for Instance in the Open University Ma Module Education Training and Employment E817 Which Started in 1990 Margaret Levy Claims the First Use of the Term in the Uk in Her Project Work in the Early 1980s for the Msc Which Itself Spoke of the Emphasis Now Placed on Work Based Learning in Vocational Training in Msc 1981 A New Training Initiative an Agenda for Action
5 One Test of how Far an Institution has Moved in the Recognition of Work Based Learning is if It Includes Accredited Learning from this Source in Deciding Honours Classifications
6 Higher Education Policy, (1990)
7 Currently these are Most Pronounced for the 1619 Age Group Where there is A Determined Effort Strongly Supported by the CBI to Create Not Only A National Framework of Vocational Qualifications but of all Qualifications with General National Vocational Qualifications Holding Parity of Esteem with Academic A Levels Times Higher Education Supplement 12 March 1993 Global Competitiveness in General and the Changing Occupational Structure in the Uk in Particular are Demanding Flexibility and Relevance of Academic Programmes and Especially the Expansion of Continuing Professional Development the EC has Made the Blurring of Continuing and Initial Education A Political Priority EC Memorandum on Higher Education 1991
8 This Was Most Conspicuous in Student Work Placements
9 Pfundtner, Raimund, Integrating vocational training and studies in a german polytechnic, Vocational Aspect of Education, 42, 112, pp. 61-68, (1990)
10 Training Development, (1989)
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