Engaging Employers?

Autor/in	Hillier, Yvonne
Titel	Engaging Employers?
Quelle	In: Higher Education Review, 40 (2008) 2, S.31-46 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1609
Schlagwörter	Employment Programs; Adult Education; Foreign Countries; Workplace Learning; Evaluation; Lifelong Learning; Labor Force Development; Postsecondary Education; Higher Education; Employees; United Kingdom; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employment program; Employment programme; Employment programmes; Beschäftigungsprogramm; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Evaluierung; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Arbeitskräftebestand; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Großbritannien
Abstract	A key factor in the successful development of workplace learning is employer engagement (Leitch, 2006; DfES, 2007). However, despite numerous approaches by government in the United Kingdom to bring together employers, providers and learners so that economic success is generated by a skilled and flexible workforce, there continue to be challenges and fragmentary engagement. This article examines the policy context for employer engagement. It discusses the recent initiatives which have attempted to bring employers centre stage, particularly through the creation of foundation degrees (FD) in England. The article reports on a small-scale study of a Foundation Degree in Public Service Management (FDPSM) and identifies important challenges that need to be resolved if the aims of government, expressed through the Leitch Review of Skills (2006) and the Further Education Bill (2007), are to be achieved. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10