The skills revolution

Abstract

The government, through several White and Green Papers, has promoted the ‘Skills Revolution’. This requires central direction and coordination of a wide range of policies, practices and partnerships. But there are several difficulties: the impossibility of micromanaging the complex social and economic system; the dominance of the rather limited notion of skill; and the unexamined distinction between the academic and the vocational. Strong on training; weak on education.

Notes

This paper was presented to a conference at Warwick University on 30 September, 2003, organised by the ESRC Research Centre on ‘Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance’ (SKOPE)

* University of Oxford, Department of Educational Studies, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY, UK. Email: [email protected]

* University of Oxford, Department of Educational Studies, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY, UK. Email: [email protected]

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Richard Pring *

This paper was presented to a conference at Warwick University on 30 September, 2003, organised by the ESRC Research Centre on ‘Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance’ (SKOPE) * University of Oxford, Department of Educational Studies, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6PY, UK. Email: [email protected]