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Foucher, Roland; Hassi, Abderrahman – International Journal of Training and Development, 2013
This briefing examines training and development (T&D) in Quebec, one of 10 provinces and three territories that make up Canada. Quebec has three distinguishing characteristics that encourage analysis of its T&D separately from that of Canada as a whole. First, it is the only North American region with a majority francophone population.…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Labor Market, Small Businesses
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Wright, Susan – LATISS: Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences, 2004
This article explores why university reform is central to the Labour government's project to create a "modern" Britain. During the passage of the 2004 Higher Education Act the government created a policy narrative which redefined the role and purpose of universities. It framed their futures as corporations, based more on an economic than…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Corporations, Educational Policy, Economics
Korea Research Inst. for Vocational Education and Training, Seoul. – 1999
In the Republic of Korea, technical and vocational education (TVE) programs in the formal education system are provided at senior secondary schools and postsecondary institutions (junior colleges). Out-of-school vocational training is provided as nonformal education. Since the early 1960s, the TVE system has been restructured in response to…
Descriptors: Adults, Developing Nations, Economic Change, Economics