Lessons from Abroad: Reforming FE and HE
Successes and failures in New Zealand and Australia can inform FE reform in the UK, breaking down silos between further and higher education.
Vocational education systems worldwide face the challenge of building a tertiary system that serves learners, employers, and communities while avoiding fragmentation.
The UK's FE sector can learn from international practice, particularly in New Zealand and Victoria, Australia, where models have unified further and higher education.
New Zealand's reform of its vocational education system has been bold, bringing polytechnics and industry training organisations under one umbrella, Te Pūkenga.
The author has seen the value of unified models firsthand, working in both the UK and Australasia.
Australia's state of Victoria also offers valuable lessons for the UK's FE sector.
Author's Summary
International models can inform UK FE reform, unifying further and higher education.
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