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Centre priority: The TVET-industry gap

The UNEVOC centre at the School of Education, University of Nottingham is involved in a range of projects focused on exploring the gap between TVET and employers in various settings. What sets TVET apart from all other forms of education is TVET’s direct relationship with work. However, this is consistently undermined by what we call the ‘TVET-Industry gap’. TVET colleges consistently face challenges in connecting to and partnering with local industry, whether in the form of work-based learning for students, professional development for TVET lecturers, curriculum reform or employment opportunities for TVET graduates, often because TVET is under-funded and in many contexts much ‘work’ resides in the informal sector.

The TVET-industry gap, is a challenge internationally regardless of whether the focus is on TVET in developed or developing country settings. Our current focus is in collaborating with partners in various geographic TVET settings to develop empirical and theoretical understandings of the TVET-industry gap from an education perspective. You can find out more about our Centre and connecting with us here: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/research/unesco/unevoc/index.aspx

UNEVOC Nottingham sits within the Centre for International Education Research (CIER) in the School of Education, which also contains oldest chair of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in the UK (Professor Volker Wedekind) and the UNESCO Chair in International Education and Development. CIER focuses on the current and historical role of higher, adult and vocational education in promoting human development; and the place of education in the global development agenda. Centre members have conducted research in all regions of the world and have worked closely with a range of international organisations, most notably UNESCO.

UNEVOC Centre Coordinator
Jo-Anna Russon
Education

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Head of UNEVOC Centre
Professor Volker Wedekind
Professor in Vocational Education
School of Education