TY - JOUR
T1 - The recruitment of VET teachers and the failure of policy in England’s further education sector
AU - Hanley, Pamela
AU - Orr, Kevin
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - England’s further education (FE) sector has been characterised by instability and policy churn for at least three decades during which time reform of vocational education and training (VET) has been piled on top of reform, with few resulting in lasting chang. eIn the context of another ambitious new reform of VET in England, this article reports on a study that examined the chronic difficulties in recruiting teachers of vocational science, engineering and technology (SET) to FE colleges. We argue that these difficulties in recruiting SET teachers reveal persistent weaknesses in policy planning for the English VET sector and help to explain the serial failure of VET policy in England.
AB - England’s further education (FE) sector has been characterised by instability and policy churn for at least three decades during which time reform of vocational education and training (VET) has been piled on top of reform, with few resulting in lasting chang. eIn the context of another ambitious new reform of VET in England, this article reports on a study that examined the chronic difficulties in recruiting teachers of vocational science, engineering and technology (SET) to FE colleges. We argue that these difficulties in recruiting SET teachers reveal persistent weaknesses in policy planning for the English VET sector and help to explain the serial failure of VET policy in England.
KW - Vocational education and training
KW - further education colleges
KW - policy
KW - skills
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066074526&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13639080.2019.1617842
DO - 10.1080/13639080.2019.1617842
M3 - Article
VL - 32
SP - 103
EP - 114
JO - British Journal of Education & Work
JF - British Journal of Education & Work
SN - 1363-9080
IS - 2
ER -