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Uncertainty over funding and schools' attitudes are limiting vocational courses for teenagers, Ofsted says. It said colleges with "centres of vocational excellence" in England had led to large numbers of young people staying on in education or training. ]]> [email protected] (British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (UK)) Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:38:37 EDT http://theednews.org/articles/13772/1/Funding-039curbs-joined-up-courses039/Page1.html http://theednews.org/articles/13366/1/How-to-make-039staying-on039-appeal/Page1.html







The new Diplomas are supposed to mix theory and practice
Mike Baker finds a Swiss role model for vocational schooling that could encourage 'staying on'. What will be Brown's "big idea" for education?

According to one very senior civil servant I spoke to, everyone in Whitehall knows there will be some big changes.
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