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Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
Researchers, academics, policy makers, practitioners, employers, unions & higher education institutions are invited to submit an abstract to the 7th international vocational education conference @WitsUniversity 18-20 May 2027 by 15 November 2026.
vetnetsite.org/2027-crossing…
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
@AllaisStephanie: This paper is one side of a debate with @leesaw2 on the value of the capabilities approach for researching vocational education and training. I argue that the approach does not offer much to the field.
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I've just published an article on the potential for the Human Development & Capability Approach (or capabilities approach) in vocational education research. It is part of a debate with @AllaisStephanie. Here is the link to the open access article: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
This is @GavinMoodie’s and my blog on why HE is not just about what universities do. Provision in colleges matters
New Post: Lower higher education hepi.ac.uk/2026/08/28/lower-… hepi.ac.uk/2026/08/28/lower-…
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
@leesaw2 and my post for @HEPI_news.
New Post: Lower higher education hepi.ac.uk/2026/08/28/lower-… hepi.ac.uk/2026/08/28/lower-…
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
Call for papers for a special issue on tertiary education systems.
Edited by @leesaw2, Yushan Xie, Gonzalo Hidalgo Bazan, and me.
Abstracts of 200 words are due by 1 September 2026.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
@leesaw2's and my blog on capability for special, adult, and further education srheblog.com/2026/08/04/capa…
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
@leesaw2 and I introduce the capabilities approach srheblog.com/2026/07/28/intr…
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
@SiouxMckenna wrote a lovely review of @leesaw2 and my book Beyond Skills: A Capability Conception of Vocational Education.
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Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
Das Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung ist eine bundesunmittelbare (the Federal Institute for Vocational Education & Training) has established a database of research & professional literature in vocational education, complementing Ncver's excellent VOCEDplus
bibb.de/en/206230.php
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
Call for abstracts for a special issue of the Journal of Vocational Education and Training on international perspectives on academisation, tertiarisation and hybridisation of vocational education.
Abstracts of up to 500 words are due by 29 May 2026.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/s…
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
Vietnam: Colonisation, decolonisation and recolonisation in higher education internationalisation
Professor Ly Tran, Deakin University, Australia
Friday 29 May 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
MS Teams & seminar room D, Department of Education, University of Oxford
researchcghe.org/
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
Call for abstracts on financing higher education, due 8 June 2026.
think.taylorandfrancis.com/s…
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
I am honoured to be delivering a public lecture at Linacre College, University of Oxford, on Reverse student mobility to the Indo-Pacific: Building regional diplomacy & decolonising #internationaleducation, on 28th May.
#intled #NewColomboPLan #mobility #studyabroad
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
Coming soon by @leesaw2 and me. This argues that a new ‘social settlement’ is needed in vocational education, one which is based on a broader understanding of occupations and preparation for work. It argues for more expansive understandings of the purposes of vocational education
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
' . . . deprivation, not diversity, erodes trust, participation and neighbourliness. . . The crisis of solidarity is a crisis of resources, not cultural difference.'
theconversation.edu.au/artic… via @ConversationUK
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
Final @UniofOxford @OxfordDeptofEd @SKOPEOxford seminar on tertiary education systems: Restructuring Irish post-secondary education for the university phase – wither the tertiary strategy? by Prof Ellen Hazelkorn.
Thursday 12 March 4:15 PM.
Register:
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Our final seminar on a tertiary education system in England next week learns from Ireland, with Prof Ellen Hazelkorn the presenter. Thursday 12 March at 4:15 UK time: skope.ox.ac.uk/event/skope-s…
Leesa Wheelahan retweeted
4 key recommendations for employers:
1 have a skills policy
2 contribute to collaboration, and coordination of education and skills training
3 redesign occupations for the long-term needs of their sector
4 engage in occupational discussions
skope.ox.ac.uk/news/new-poli…
