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Educa: the digest for vocational education and training, no. 208, December 2000

This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vo ... Show more
This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training issues in the United Kingdom and Europe. The feature articles are: Training 2000: the results of Leonardo projects / Christine Ward; National strategy for adult basic skills. The first article reports from the Brussels exhibition on some of the outcomes of the Leonardo da Vinci program and the second examines the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) consultation document, 'Skills for life: the national strategy for improving adult literacy and numeracy skills'. Show less

Authors: Twining, John

Date: 2000

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Assessment; Qualifications ... [+] Show more
Educa: the digest for learning and skills, no. 221, March 2002

This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vo ... Show more
This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training issues in the United Kingdom and Europe. The feature article in this issue is '14-19 reform: some worries' by John Twining (p. 8-9) in which the author expresses three main concerns of the 14-19 reforms in the Green Paper '14-19: extending opportunities, raising standards'. These are: (1) vocational qualifications and applications; (2) the compulsory core and entitlement to access; and (3) the process of entitlement. This issue of Educa also reports on: assessment and qualifications; basic and key skills; complex learning difficulties; education and training management; employment and unemployment; guidance; higher education; information and communications technology; lifelong learning; training; and vocational preparation.
The Green Paper '14-19: extending opportunities, raising standards' is indexed at TD/IRD 88.170, the summary paper is indexed at TD/TNC 69.602, and a young people's version is indexed at TD/TNC 69.603. Show less

Authors: Twining, John

Date: 2002

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Assessment; Qualifications; Technology ... [+] Show more
Raising and mobilising skills to boost productivity and inclusiveness in Belgium

A highly educated and skilled workforce has been an important driver of productivity performance and prosperity in ... Show more
A highly educated and skilled workforce has been an important driver of productivity performance and prosperity in Belgium. This paper examines skills policies that could help improve productivity and inclusiveness. An increased focus on lifelong learning, improved and more flexible working conditions for older workers, and a more efficient allocation of students and skills would benefit productivity growth. Improving inclusiveness requires increasing access and participation in tertiary education, especially for students with disadvantaged backgrounds. Digitalisation holds the promise of large gains in labour productivity, but is disrupting the nature of employment relationships. It calls for measures that encourage information and communication technology (ICT) upskilling and for adapting tax and benefit systems to the rise of on-demand jobs linked to the use of e-platforms.
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Authors: Vandenberghe, Vincent; Demmou, Lilas; Frohde, Manav

Date: 2017

Geographic subjects: Belgium; Europe

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: OECD Economics Department working papers

Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Technology; Performance ... [+] Show more
Educa: the digest for vocational education and training, no. 195, September 1999

This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vo ... Show more
This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training issues in the United Kingdom and Europe. The feature article is 'University for Industry: some preliminary research results' by Harry Matlay. There are also articles on progress at the University for Industry (UfI), assessment and qualifications, basic and key skills, disadvantage, educational management, employment, guidance, higher education, industrial training, information technology, lifelong learning, open learning and vocational preparation. Show less

Authors: Twining, John

Date: 1999

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Assessment; Qualifications; Employment ... [+] Show more
Educa: the digest for vocational education and training, no. 203, May 2000

This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vo ... Show more
This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training issues in the United Kingdom and Europe. The feature article is 'Visit to Samara' by John Twining in which he describes developments in a city on the Volga. Christine Ward reports on a City & Guilds national conference. There are also articles on assessment and qualifications, basic and key skills, disadvantage, educational and training management, employment, further education, guidance, higher education, information and communications technology, lifelong learning, research, teacher and trainer training and vocational preparation. Show less

Authors: Twining, John

Date: 2000

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Management; Assessment; Qualifications ... [+] Show more
Educa: the digest for vocational education and training, no. 193, May 1999

This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vo ... Show more
This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training issues in the United Kingdom and Europe. This issue features vocational preparation and includes the articles: Educational and vocational preparation 16-19: an overview / Christine Ward; Preparing for Curriculum 2000 / Rachael Newman-Saunders; and, Standards over time in A level and GCSE / Christine Ward. Also included are articles on assessment and qualifications, Europe, information technology, lifelong learning, open learning, research and vocational preparation. Show less

Authors: Twining, John

Date: 1999

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Assessment; Technology; Research ... [+] Show more
Educa: the digest for vocational education, no. 206, October 2000

This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vo ... Show more
This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training issues in the United Kingdom and Europe. The feature article, which deals with the consultation document from the Foresight Task Force is: The learning process in 2020: the Foresight consultation. A report from the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE) seminar on the proposed new ICT research centre is also included. Show less

Authors: Twining, John

Date: 2000

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Technology; Policy ... [+] Show more
Educa: the digest for learning and skills, no. 213, May 2001

This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information about vocational ... Show more
This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information about vocational education and training issues in the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe. The feature article 'Mismatches: old problems - new solutions?' by John Twining, summarises the findings of a report from the Further Education Funding Council (FEFC) in the UK entitled 'Matching employer needs and learner aspirations - the strategic challenge for providers' (indexed at TD/TNC 66.385). Twining analyses some of the reasons for the mismatches between the skill requirements of employers and the supply of skilled people generated by education and training providers, learner aspirations and the skill needs of employers, and courses offered by providers and the expectations and needs of learners. Show less

Authors: Twining, John

Date: 2001

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Assessment; Qualifications ... [+] Show more
Educa: the digest for vocational education and training, no. 153, May 1995

This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vo ... Show more
This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training issues in the UK and Europe. This issue features open and flexible learning and includes the following articles: Get out the crystal ball / John Twining; and, What is a learning package? / Louie Carr. Also included are articles on assessment and qualifications, disadvantage, educational management, employment, information technology, open learning, and teachers and trainers. Show less

Authors: Twining, John

Date: 1995

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Management; Employment ... [+] Show more
Educa: the digest for vocational education and training, no. 170, February 1997

This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vo ... Show more
This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training issues in the UK and Europe. This issue features vocational preparation and includes the following articles: Learning to compete / a summary on the White Paper of Education and Training for 14-19 year olds; and, Implementing Dearing 16-19 / Christine Ward. Also included are articles on adult and continuing education, assessment qualifications, educational management, employment, information technology and vocational preparation. Show less

Authors: Twining, John

Date: 1997

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Management; Employment; Technology ... [+] Show more