Informing the development of a City & Guilds international education centre

Client: City & Guilds
Objectives:
- To better understand how vocational education is perceived and organised in a range of countries
- In this way, to inform the development of an international vocational education centre
Methodology:
- Comprehensive desk research
- Expert interviews to support desk research
- Research conducted across 9 countries
Findings:
- Vocational education is generally seen as the “poor relation” of other higher education avenues
- Several countries operate progressive policies to support vocational education, creating beneficial market conditions
- An international “hub” is needed, to develop best practice guidelines and facilitate developments in the sector
Recommendations:
- Immediate: The desk research informed and instigated a quantitative survey of education professionals
- The need for an International Centre was verified, with Purple’s recommendations informing the development of the initiative
- The research results facilitated the development of best practice guidelines for the development and promotion of vocational education and training
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