A comparative study of additional qualifications at the interface of initial and continuing education: findings from the United Kingdom

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This paper draws upon findings from a project that is concerned with a comparative survey of 'additional qualifications' at the interface between initial training and continuing education and training. The functions of additional qualifications for companies, individuals and the VET system will be examined in general as well as in the sectors of print, retail and health. Overall additional qualifications can be used to enrich training programmes based around NVQs, or they could be used in the...

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Authors: Brown, A

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: ESRC Research Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE) Publisher's website
• Series: SKOPE Research Paper
• Place of publication: http://www.skope.ox.ac.uk/publications
• Publication date: 1999-01-01
• ISSN: 1466-1535
• Paper number: 4, September 1999
• Language: English
• Keywords: NVQs; qualifications; national qualifications framework; HE; vocational qualifications
• Subjects: Vocational and professional learning; Education