British trade unions and the learning and skills agenda: an assessment

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British trade unions have been afforded a new position of 'stakeholder' within the vocational education and training system and are seen by government as being a key advocate in supporting workplace learning. This issues paper assesses how far unions can use this agenda to promote workers' interests, aid union renewal and further the development of a 'high skills society' in the UK.

Authors: Lloyd, C; Payne, J

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE)
• Series: SKOPE Issues Paper
• Place of publication: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/publications
• Publication date: 2006-01-01
• Edition: Publisher's version
• DOI: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/publications
• Paper number: 12, December 2006
• Language: English
• Keywords: UK; high skills society; trade unions
• Subjects: Education