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Direct linkHodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken – Journal of Education and Work, 2015
This article uses a multi-level ecological model to explore the dynamics of localities in England and their effects on the 14+ participation, progression and transition (14+ PPT) of young people at a time when nationally and internationally there is a recognition that transitions from education to employment are both more complex and take longer.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Place Based Education, Ecology, Models
Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken – Journal of Education and Work, 2010
Ensuring effective progression from vocational qualifications to higher education has become an important issue internationally as a part of government strategies to raise skill levels and to provide more equitable access to tertiary level study. From September 2008, the Government in England has begun to introduce a new set of qualifications for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken; Steer, Richard – Journal of Education and Work, 2008
Using data from a three-year project funded under the ESRC Teaching and Learning Research Programme, this article examines two major questions: (1) How has the organisation of the learning and skills sector (LSS) in England changed as a result of recent policy? (2) What are the implications of these reforms? We draw on the theoretical work of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Governance
Hodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken – Journal of Education and Work, 2006
As a result of reforms over the past two decades, institutional arrangements for upper secondary education in England are both marketised and competitive compared with other European systems. Since 1997, the Labour Government has broadly sustained this position. However, recent policy documents recognise that 14-19 education and training will…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Action, Institutional Autonomy, Educational Change
Hodgson, Ann; Howieson, Cathy; Raffe, David; Spours, Ken; Tinklin, Teresa – Journal of Education and Work, 2004
In this article, we compare Curriculum 2000 and Higher Still, recent reforms of post-16 education in England and Scotland respectively. Current and earlier research on the unification of academic and vocational learning in England, Scotland and other European countries is drawn on in order to suggest areas for mutual learning to inform future…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedHodgson, Ann; Spours, Ken – Journal of Education and Work, 2001
Three studies of British full-time students aged 16-19 found 70-80% also worked part time. A typology of their school-work attitudes was developed: balancers, risk-takers, deliberate nonworkers, outsiders, and connectors. Reforms in advanced-level curriculum may affect the relationship between school and part-time work in several ways:…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
