Professional accreditation and national vocational qualifications: an exchange of experience

The Effectiveness of National Vocational Qualifications in Residential and Nursing Homes

The impact of the Government’s modernisation agenda on the workforce in residential and nursing homes has particular significance for the training of care staff, directly and indirectly. Major forces for reform were Modernising the Social Care Workforce and the National Minimum Standards for Care Homes for Older People (NMS), which require providers to ensure that 50% of their staff are trained...

National Vocational Qualifications in the United Kingdom: Their origins and legacy

A multicriteria accreditation system for information technology skills and qualifications

Employees must acquire new competences and qualifications throughout their lives, in order to be able to deal with the multiple changes in the labour market. The specific knowledge and competences, acquired either formally or non-formally, must be recognized so that they can be transferred and utilized. The existing titles of studies and accreditation mechanisms do not generally cover this need...

The Returns to Academic and Vocational Qualifications in Britain

Individual copy price: £5 The Centre for the Economics of Education is an independent research centre funded by the Department of Education and Employment. The view expressed in this work are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Education and Employment. All errors and omissions remain the authors. Executive Summary Previous work looking at the retu...

Implementing a national hospital accreditation program: the Zambian experience.

OBJECTIVES This study describes the development of the Zambia Hospital Accreditation Program from 1997 to 2000. Ten major milestones are presented and discussed, as are challenges to the program. DESIGN Data were collected through a review of written documents, interviews with major stakeholders, hospital visits, and discussions with implementers. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Zambia has successful...