The role of vocational education and training and its contribution to the lifelong learning agenda has pre-occupied the United Kingdom Government for some time now. Following this year’s review of VET in England by Professor Alison Wolf, the Department for Education published its response in May 2011, accepting Professor Wolf’s recommendations for reforms to the current system in England.
The starting point for the Wolf Review of VET was that the current mainstream educational system has failed too many young people, often resulting in young people pursuing courses which provide little opportunity for progression and which fail to recognise the different needs of learners.
Source: CEDEFOP
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