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Credentialism, National Targets, and the Learning Society: Perspectives on Educational Attainment in the UK Steel Industry.
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Fuller, 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
Credentialism, Adults, and Part-Time Higher Education in the United Kingdom: An Account of Rising Take Up and Some Implications for Policy.
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Fuller, Alison – Journal of Education Policy, 2001
Explains the growing importance of higher-level qualifications for adults in the UK, highlighting statistical trends in commitment to learning and qualifying-the result of taking part-time courses in higher education. Most part-time undergraduates fund their own tuition. Mature students' backgrounds and perspectives partly account for their rising…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Educational Demand, Educational Policy, Enrollment Trends