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Huddleston, Prue and Branch-Haddow, Suzie (2022) ‘Employers at the heart of the system’ : whose system is it anyway? London Review of Education, 20 (1). doi:10.14324/lre.20.1.28 ISSN 1474-8460.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.14324/lre.20.1.28
Abstract
Education and skills policy since the 1970s have exhorted employers to put themselves at the ‘heart of the system’, to engage voluntarily with colleges and other providers, in a range of roles and activities, some of which may be beyond their competence and experience. However, employers do have an important role to play, but that role should be clearly defined and directed towards those areas where their expertise and experience can be optimally deployed. To function effectively, a system requires partnership between a range of actors – learners, providers, local communities, businesses and voluntary organisations. Contributions and expectations, all of which are important, require coordination and management. It is argued that colleges are well placed to act as ‘anchor institutions’ for bringing together local partners. This article provides a practical example of how one large general further education college fulfils this role.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HF Commerce L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education L Education > LC Special aspects of education |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Business and education, Employer-supported education, Vocational guidance, Social mobility, Education, Higher -- Aims and objectives , Stakeholder management , Academic-industrial collaboration | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | London Review of Education | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 1474-8460 | ||||||
Official Date: | 17 August 2022 | ||||||
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Volume: | 20 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.14324/lre.20.1.28 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 October 2022 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 October 2022 |
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