Future of Technical Education

John Baldwin is now semi-retired, continuing with work in further education and in researching practice to support people to progress to higher education. He began his career in education as a business and law lecturer at Stamford College, UK, and progressed onto being the Head of the Business Studies Department. Subsequently, he became Director of Curriculum and over many years was responsible for most departments in the college.Neil Raven is an independent researcher and evaluation consultant with over 22 years of experience in the development, management and evaluation of educational projects and programmes. He is also Visiting Lecturer at the University of Bristol, UK, and has published widely on the subjects of educational equality and fair access. Robin Webber-Jones has worked in the further, higher and skills education sector for over 20 years, holding a number of senior leadership roles.  He sits on a range of national sector bodies.  His research is focused on education leadership, educational collaborations, and social mobility and education. He has a keen interest in politics.

• Chapter 1. What is Technical Education?.- Chapter 2. Practice-Informed Policy.- Chapter 3. Addressing the challenges of technical education: the potential of further education college partnerships.- Chapter 4. Credit where credit's due - Ascribing credit to Apprenticeships: Facilitating progression to higher education.- Chapter 5. Higher and degree apprenticeships: the middle-class land-grab?.- Chapter 6. Social mobility and technical education: comfortable bedfellows?.- Chapter 7. Technical Education in the next 30 years.