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Hordern, Jim – Journal of Education and Work, 2014
Workforce development partnerships between higher education institutions and employers involve distinctive social and technical dynamics that differ from dominant higher education practices in the UK. The New Labour government encouraged such partnerships in England, including through the use of funding that aimed to stimulate reform to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Education Work Relationship, Partnerships in Education
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Hordern, Jim – Research Papers in Education, 2015
The higher skills policy of the UK New Labour Government emerged from the recommendations of the Leitch Review of Skills, and was implemented in England between 2007 and 2010. The policy aimed to encourage higher education (HE) institutions to engage with employers and employer representative bodies to design and deliver HE provision that…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Program Implementation, Ambiguity (Context), Conflict