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Tes FE podcast: Why ‘vocational’ should be revived

The word ‘vocational’ has fallen out of favour, with ‘technical’ heaven become the term of choice. But why?
10th May 2019, 8:56pm
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Tes FE podcast: Why ‘vocational’ should be revived

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Bill Lucas & Sarah Simons Discuss The Language Used To Describe Fe

In this week’s episode Bill Lucas, Professor of Learning and Director of the Centre for Real-World Learning at the University of Winchester, joins Sarah Simons to discuss the variations in language used to describe what we are and what we do in the FE sector - and why the word ‘vocational’ should never have fallen out of favour. 

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