This article argues that, despite globalisation forces, national education and training systems have kept their particularities. Policies of convergence, enhanced by supranational organisations such as the European Commission, have not yet led to a homogenisation of national education and training systems. The latter are still influenced by the…

This article discusses recent developments in the vocationalization and professionalization of Greek higher education, in the context of creation of a single European market and the advancement of research-generated knowledge. Also examined are the social dimensions of the dual concept of higher education in Greece and the political structural…