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Direct linkUnwin, Lorna – Oxford Review of Education, 2004
This paper argues for a broader-based approach to vocational education (VET) and the concept of skill, one that is capable of extending responsibility for improvement to society as a whole, rather than expecting change to come from a single constituency, that of employers. By reclaiming the important roles which vocational education and practical…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Role of Education, Relevance (Education)
Unwin, Lorna; Wellington, Jerry – 2001
This book presents young people's views, understanding, and opinions on a range of issues related to learning, employment, and the world of work in England. They are compared with the statements and policies of those responsible for education, training, and employment. Chapter 1 explores education, training, and employment options open to young…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Articulation (Education), Developed Nations, Education Work Relationship
Download full textFelstead, Alan; Unwin, Lorna – 1999
This paper is designed to provide the reader with a map of how government funding of post-16 education and training provision in Great Britain operates, with a particular focus on Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) and Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) funding streams. It also outlines some consequences current funding arrangements have…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgets, Categorical Aid, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedFuller, Alison; Unwin, Lorna – Journal of Education and Work, 2003
Analysis of the United Kingdom's Modern Apprenticeship program, designed to increase intermediate job skills, shows that in many sectors, apprentices leave without completing qualifications, especially in sectors with no history of apprenticeship. A key problem is lack of employer demand conflicting with the government's focus on improving social…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Employer Attitudes, Federal Programs, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFuller, Alison; Unwin, Lorna – Journal of Education Policy, 1999
The UK's National Learning Targets for Education and Training, embracing 11- to 21-year-olds, adults, and employers, promote a credentialist approach to economic and social development. This article shows how the steel industry measures up. Using qualifications-based targets as a proxy for adult workforce capability is misguided. (Contains 40…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Credentials, Economic Development
Evans, Karen, Ed.; Hodkinson, Phil, Ed.; Unwin, Lorna, Ed. – 2002
This book contains 13 papers on transformations in the nature of work that affect the learning and skill requirements of jobs and individuals and ways those requirements can be met. The following papers are included: "The Significance of Workplace Learning for a 'Learning Society'" (Karen Evans, Helen Rainbird); "Learning Careers:…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Career Development, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
