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The historical shifts of in/formality of learning within craft skills ecosystems in the United Kingdom (2023)
Journal Article

In this paper, we address the debate on local skills ecosystems and informal learning. We use the social ecosystem model as a tool to help us analyse the role played by various actors in learning and skills ecosystems and highlight the role of inform... Read More about The historical shifts of in/formality of learning within craft skills ecosystems in the United Kingdom.

Theorising VET without 'VET theory'? Foundations and fragmentation of Anglophone VET research (2023)
Journal Article

Whilst VET in German-speaking countries and its research base are well-known internationally, its theoretical foundations are not shared in countries where VET emerged later and has undergone more circuitous forms of theorisation. The significance of... Read More about Theorising VET without 'VET theory'? Foundations and fragmentation of Anglophone VET research.

Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems (2023)
Book Chapter

Vocational teachers are at the centre of complex social ecosystems, albeit often without adequate resources and recognition. The skills ecosystem literature to date does not engage with the concept of vocational teachers and their role, positionality... Read More about Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems.

Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa: A Social Skills Ecosystem Perspective (2023)
Book

Curriculum reform in agricultural vocational education and training in Zimbabwe: Implementation challenges and possibilities (2022)
Journal Article

There is a need for the agricultural technical vocational education and training curriculum in Zimbabwe to be reformed so that it can respond to changes in farmer demographics, the expanding roles of agricultural extension officers (AEOs), changes in... Read More about Curriculum reform in agricultural vocational education and training in Zimbabwe: Implementation challenges and possibilities.

Conceptualising Regional Skills Ecosystems: Reflections on Four African Cases (2021)
Journal Article

In this article we address the debate on regional skills formation systems in Africa. We draw on the social ecosystems model (SEM) developed by Hodgson and Spours to analyse data from four case studies that reflect the complexities of African economi... Read More about Conceptualising Regional Skills Ecosystems: Reflections on Four African Cases.

Compounded Exclusion: Education for Disabled Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa (2020)
Journal Article

International conventions acknowledge the right of refugees and of disabled people to access quality inclusive education. Both groups struggle to assert this right, particularly in the Global South, where educational access may be hindered by system... Read More about Compounded Exclusion: Education for Disabled Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Targets, TVET and Transformation (2020)
Book Chapter

Vocational education and training for African development: a literature review (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The SDGs mark the clearest global acceptance yet that the previous approach to development was unsustainable. In VET, UNESCO has responded by developi... Read More about Vocational education and training for African development: a literature review.

Curriculum responsiveness and student employability: An institutional analysis (2019)
Book Chapter

Education organisations are under constant pressure from policy-makers, political actors and the public to make their programmes responsive to the needs of the economy and society. In contexts of social change and where broader economic and societal... Read More about Curriculum responsiveness and student employability: An institutional analysis.

Migrants in the labor market: implications for TVET (2019)
Book Chapter

Migration is increasingly being seen as a political challenge and, thus, a policy priority. Yet the integration of migrants into labor markets is a key element of the political contestations of migration. On the one hand, successful labor market inte... Read More about Migrants in the labor market: implications for TVET.

Revitalising agricultural education and training in South Africa (2018)
Report

The consensus study was initiated by the ASSAf Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Standing Committee, deriving from a deep concern about the status of Agricultural Education and Training (AET) in the country. The study... Read More about Revitalising agricultural education and training in South Africa.

The Idealisation of Apprenticeship (2018)
Book Chapter

A climate for change? Vertical and horizontal collegial relations in TVET colleges (2016)
Book Chapter

There is little argument that technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges have increasingly moved to centre stage of education and development agendas in South Africa. Where the first two decades of democratic South Africa’s educa... Read More about A climate for change? Vertical and horizontal collegial relations in TVET colleges.

Higher education responsiveness through partnerships with industry: The case of a university of technology programme (2016)
Journal Article

In the context of mid-level skills shortages and the promotion of industry–education partnerships, this article examines the case of a longstanding partnership between the pulp and paper industry and a university of technology. The partnership result... Read More about Higher education responsiveness through partnerships with industry: The case of a university of technology programme.

Employability and Curriculum Responsiveness in Post-School Education and Training (2016)
Report

Work integrated learning for engineering qualifications: a spanner in the works? (2015)
Journal Article

COMET Südafrika (2015)
Book Chapter

Going Around in Circles: Employability, Responsiveness, and the Reform of the College Sector (2014)
Book Chapter

Political change, social integration and curriculum: a South African case study (1996)
Journal Article