ERIC Number: EJ1012074
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 12
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Skills Governance and the Workforce Development Programme
Hordern, Jim
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, v35 n1 p54-65 2013
In the United Kingdom higher education environment, government may make efforts to encourage institutions to engage in governance structures to secure policy objectives through a steering approach. In this article connections between skills governance structures and the recent Higher Education Funding Council for England workforce development programme are examined in the context of the wider implementation of the Leitch Review of Skills in England. Using analysis of policy documents, submissions to a select committee inquiry, and a series of interviews undertaken at higher education institutions, limited co-ordination between skills governance and institutions is identified, which is likely to have been a consequence both of the open-ended approach taken by government to the implementation of this policy in higher education and the ineffectiveness of governance approaches as mechanisms for steering higher education institutions in the United Kingdom.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Labor Force Development, Governance, Higher Education, Educational Policy, Educational Administration, Government Role, Role of Education, College Role, Local Government
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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