van Houten, M. M. (2018) Vocational education and the binary higher education system in the Netherlands: higher education symbiosis or vocational education dichotomy? Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 70(1), pp. 130-147. (doi: 10.1080/13636820.2017.1394359)
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Abstract
The Netherlands has a binary higher education system in which academic education and higher professional education at EQF levels 5–8 co-exist. There is also secondary vocational education at EQF levels 1 up to 4. In this paper, I analyse policy documents resulting from the Bologna Process and argue that under neo-liberal conditions, higher professional education brings opportunities for both students and employers, but also creates a socio-economic tension in terms of employability. The gap between higher professional education and secondary vocational education adds to the formation of a labour market in which higher professional education graduates are prepared to an international labour market but employability pressure is being put on lower skilled employees, creating unequal employability opportunities for vocational education graduates.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | van Houten, Maarten |
| Authors: | van Houten, M. M. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Vocational Education and Training |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 1363-6820 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1747-5090 |
| Published Online: | 25 October 2017 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Vocational Aspect of Education Ltd |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Vocational Education and Training 70(1): 130-147 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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