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James, Laura; Guile, David; Unwin, Lorna – Journal of Education and Work, 2013
For over a decade policy-makers have claimed that advanced industrial societies should develop a knowledge-based economy (KBE) in response to economic globalisation and the transfer of manufacturing jobs to lower cost countries. In the UK, this vision shaped New Labour's policies for vocational education and training (VET), higher education and…
Descriptors: Knowledge Economy, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education