Vocational education and training in the spotlight: back to the future for the UK's Coalition Government?
This paper examines the Coalition Government's plans for vocational education and training for 14- to 19-year-olds in England. It argues that new types of educational institutions will enable the emergence of new forms of segmentation in which the vocational track is likely to become split int...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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UCL Press
2011-06-01
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Series: | London Review of Education |
Online Access: | https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.1080/14748460.2011.585879 |
Summary: | This paper examines the Coalition Government's plans for vocational education and training for 14- to 19-year-olds in England. It argues that new types of educational institutions will enable the emergence of new forms of segmentation in which the vocational track is likely to become
split into 'technical education' and lower level 'practical learning'. Whilst the new government has increased funding for apprenticeship, it has so far failed to address the systemic problems which have kept this as a minority track for 16- to 18-year-olds. The paper argues that the government-commissioned
Wolf Review of 14–19 Vocational Education in England provides support for segmentation. |
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ISSN: | 1474-8460 1474-8479 |