Comparing skills policy in England and Scotland

While the policy problems may be similar, Ewart Keep finds that approaches to further and higher education are rapidly diverging between Scotland and England.
Read the comment paper at https://wonkhe.com/blogs/comparing-skills-policy-in-england-and-scotland/

Ewart Keep, Professor (Emeritus) of Education, Training and Skills, SKOPE, Department of Education, Oxford University, and a board member of the Scottish Funding Council, writes here in a personal capacity.

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