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This article explores the potential role of further education (FE) colleges in the delivery of Modern Apprenticeships. It reflects upon FE’s role in traditional apprenticeships and examines, through a case study of Modern Apprenticeships in a large manufacturing company in partnership with two FE co…

This article considers the impact of the introduction of Modern Apprenticeships on employers’ recruitment practices and training provision at intermediate skills level. The main source of data is the findings of a study conducted during the early stages of the implementation of the initiative. Whils…

This article uses data from a five-year ethnographic study of a single higher education institution to assess aspects of the 'realism' of managerialist approaches articulated through the credit framework in higher education in the United Kingdom. By 'credit framework' is meant the constellation of m…

This article critically assesses the role of Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) in the development and delivery of Modern Apprenticeships (MAs). It begins by reviewing the genesis of TECs as a new form of policy delivery mechanism designed to re-create a market-led training system. It explains …

This article reviews national policy in work-based learning for young people during the mid-1990s in the United Kingdom. It is divided into three main sections. A brief contextual section covers the period of implementation of a national framework of post-compulsory qualifications prior to 1994 and …

Student affairs professionals at 7 Wyoming community colleges and at 3 outreach campuses were interviewed regarding the career guidance and development functions at their institutions. This inventory was performed for the Wyoming School‐to‐Work Management Team to be used in the development of the st…

In the United Kingdom, the Modern Apprenticeship scheme is financed and managed largely by Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) which are regionally based. The article reports on a study carried out amongst a sample of TECs which examined their financial commitment to Modern Apprenticeships, and …

‘Modern’ apprenticeships have been in place in Britain since 1994. However, the social characteristics of 'modern' apprentices appear remarkably similar to those of traditional apprentices: 89% of the first wave of modern apprentices were male; and only 3% from ethnic minorities. As will be shown su…

Results from qualitative research involving interviews with apprentices, employers and teachers in Commercial Cookery at a TAFE NSW College are used to highlight a range of problems for apprentices in work-based learning. Of considerable importance in effective learning are employee-employer relatio…

This paper proposes some new ways of understanding the relationship between policy and practice in vocational education and training (VET) in Australia. It argues that contemporary policy making in VET follows a rationalistic logic where things are divided up according to the separate spheres of pol…