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Webb, Sue; Brine, Jacky; Jackson, Sue – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2006
This article questions the concept of "education for employment", which constructs a discourse of individual and societal benefit in a knowledge-driven economy. Recent policy emphasis in the European Union promotes the expansion of higher education and short-cycle vocational awards such as the intermediate two-year Foundation Degree…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Social Class