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Working paper 4: Student flows across the UKâs internal boundaries: Entrants to full-time degree courses in 2011
Working paper 8: The impact of the 2012 tuition fee changes on student flows across the UKâs internal borders
Post-16 Curriculum and Qualifications Reform in England and Scotland: lessons from home international comparisons
In this article we compare Curriculum 2000 and Higher Still, recent reforms of post-16 education in England and Scotland respectively. We draw on current and earlier research on the unification of academic and vocational learning in England, Scotland and other European countries in order to suggest areas for mutual learning to inform future curriculum and qualifications reform north and south of the Border. We highlight five of these - the conduct of the policy process, issues of progression, assessment, approaches to vocational education and key/core skills. In our conclusion we speculate on the possibility of either convergence or divergence of the English and Scottish upper secondary education systems as both evolve
Are 'communications frameworks' more successful? Policy learning from the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework
Itinerarios que relacionan educaciĂłn con trabajo. RevisiĂłn de conceptos, investigaciĂłn y debates polĂticos
Este artĂculo examina de forma crĂtica la investigaciĂłn y los debates polĂticos transnacionales sobre los itinerarios que relacionan educaciĂłn con trabajo, y utiliza este examen para reflexionar sobre la utilidad del propio concepto de itinerarios. Identifica tres utilizaciones principales del concepto: para analizar la dimensiĂłn relativa y el papel de la educaciĂłn acadĂ©mica, la formaciĂłn profesional reglada y el aprendizaje, en un sistema de transiciĂłn efectivo; para examinar las relaciones y las interconexiones entre itinerarios, y para evaluar de quĂ© manera los itinerarios pueden reflejar las perspectivas y las prioridades de cada individuo joven y permitirle gestionar y ejercer control sobre sus propios itinerarios. Los itinerarios pueden ser Ăștiles como concepto estructurador que vincula la polĂtica a la investigaciĂłn, siempre que la metĂĄfora se utilice con precisiĂłn y se eviten sus significados no intencionales.This paper reviews cross-national research and policy debates about pathways between education and work, and draws on this review to reflect on the utility of the pathways concept itself. It identifies three main uses of the concept: to analyse the relative size and role of gender education, school-based vocational education and apprenticeship, respectively, in an effective transition system; to examine the relationships and interconnections between pathways; and to consider how pathways can reflect the perspective and priorities of individual young people and enable them to manage and control their own itineraries. Pathways can be useful as an organizing concept linking policy and research, provided that the metaphor is used with precision and its unintended meanings are avoided
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