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An International Overview
Simon FieldProject Leader, The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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Skills beyond SchoolSimon Field OECD
The Second National Vocational Education and Training Conference at the Skills Show
Birmingham, 13 November 2014
www.oecd.org/education/VET
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School University Work
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School University Work
Professional education and training
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What kinds of programmes?
• Shorter 6 months to 2 years postsecondary programmes
• Professional examinations
• Professional bachelor degrees
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Whats in a name?That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
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Percentage of adults aged 20 – 45 who have short cycle professional education and ‑training as their highest qualification (OECD survey of adult skills)
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OECD reviews of vocational education and training
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32 country studies published since 2007
OECD reviews have become a global benchmarking standard for vocational education and training systems.
More than 5000 policy makers, employers, teachers, trade unionists, students and experts interviewed
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Learning and jobs: two worlds?
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Postsecondary vocational provision: some common challenges
• Weak institutional basis
• Fails to meet the needs of adults
• Transitions and articulation
• Recognition of prior learning
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But I am going to talk about two really big challenges
• Workbased learning…
• …and qualifications and assessment.15
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Learning and jobs: two worlds?
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Learning and jobs: two worlds?
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The mandatory principle
All vocational programmes should contain a significant
element of workbased learning
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What’s the point of qualifications?• Signalling job skills to employers. • Regulating access to certified occupations.• Reducing the search costs of jobseekers. • A vehicle for employers to influence
programme content.
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Qualifications that work• Not too many of them.• Balancing national consistency and local
flexibility.• Supported by robust final assessments. • Making use of competence based
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An International Overview
Simon FieldProject Leader, The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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Skills beyond SchoolSimon Field OECD
The Second National Vocational Education and Training Conference at the Skills Show
Birmingham, 13 November 2014
www.oecd.org/education/VET
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School University Work
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School University Work
Professional education and training
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What kinds of programmes?
• Shorter 6 months to 2 years postsecondary programmes
• Professional examinations
• Professional bachelor degrees
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Whats in a name?That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
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Percentage of adults aged 20 – 45 who have short cycle professional education and ‑training as their highest qualification (OECD survey of adult skills)
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OECD reviews of vocational education and training
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32 country studies published since 2007
OECD reviews have become a global benchmarking standard for vocational education and training systems.
More than 5000 policy makers, employers, teachers, trade unionists, students and experts interviewed
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Learning and jobs: two worlds?
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Postsecondary vocational provision: some common challenges
• Weak institutional basis
• Fails to meet the needs of adults
• Transitions and articulation
• Recognition of prior learning
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But I am going to talk about two really big challenges
• Workbased learning…
• …and qualifications and assessment.36
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Learning and jobs: two worlds?
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Learning and jobs: two worlds?
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The mandatory principle
All vocational programmes should contain a significant
element of workbased learning
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What’s the point of qualifications?• Signalling job skills to employers. • Regulating access to certified occupations.• Reducing the search costs of jobseekers. • A vehicle for employers to influence
programme content.
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Qualifications that work• Not too many of them.• Balancing national consistency and local
flexibility.• Supported by robust final assessments. • Making use of competence based
approaches. 41