Index

Transitions from Vocational Qualifications to Higher Education

ISBN: 978-1-78756-996-6, eISBN: 978-1-78756-995-9

Publication date: 7 October 2019

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(2019), "Index", Banerjee, P.A. and Myhill, D. (Ed.) Transitions from Vocational Qualifications to Higher Education, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 155-160. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78756-995-920191016

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INDEX

Academic literacy
, 60–64, 116

Academic preparedness
, 117–121

Academic results
, 22–26

Academic support
, 70–74, 126–130, 141–143

recommendations for
, 142–143

Accommodation choices
, 101–104

Addressing Barriers to Student Success
, 6–7

A-level students
, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21–22, 23–25, 27, 32, 40, 41–42, 44–45, 53, 59, 73, 76, 91, 93, 111, 133, 139–140, 145, 149

academic literacy
, 60, 61, 62–64

academic support
, 70–71, 120, 121, 142

adapting to changed assessment expectations
, 85–86

accommodation choices
, 99, 100, 101

assessment preferences
, 80–81

changes in assessment experiences
, 81–82, 84

extra-curricular activities
, 102, 103

literacy and subject knowledge
, 116, 117, 118, 119

modes of assessment
, 129, 130, 132–133

numeracy, mathematics and statistics
, 64, 65, 66

performance and progress
, 111–114, 116

sense of belonging
, 141

social networks
, 97, 98, 99

subject and content knowledge
, 67, 68–69

ways of learning
, 126, 127, 128, 143

ways of teaching
, 143

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education
, 79–80

Assessment feedback
, 86–91

good practice
, 92

helpfulness of
, 91–92

Assessment models
, 145–146

recommendations for
, 146

Assessment preferences
, 80–81

Australia

differential access and participation, in higher education
, 17

BAME. See Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students

BEC. See Business Education Councils (BEC)

Behavioural competence
, 46

BIS. See Department for Business for Innovation and Skills (BIS)

Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students
, 23, 149–150

differential access and participation, in higher education
, 18

BTEC
, 2–3, 5–7, 9–10, 20–21, 32, 40, 41, 42, 48, 54–55, 133, 143, 149–150

assessment preferences
, 80

degree outcomes
, 50

disparity between institutions granting access to
, 19

employment
, 27

Extended Diploma
, 2, 3

inferiority
, 16, 17

modes of assessment
, 130, 132

National Diplomas
, 15

parity between different qualifications
, 54

patterns of progression
, 51–54

performance and progress
, 113–114

progression and academic results
, 21–22, 23, 24–25, 30

qualifications
, 14, 15, 17, 19, 25

undergraduate courses
, 48–50

Buddy schemes
, 70–71

Business Education Council (BEC)
, 2–3

Changes in assessment experiences
, 81–84

Choice, vocational qualifications by
, 45–46

City and Guilds of the London Institute for the Advancement of Technical Education
, 2

Content knowledge
, 67–70

Cycle Report (2016)
, 18

Degree outcomes
, 50, 51

Department for Business for Innovation and Skills (BIS)
, 54, 149–150

Department for Education (DfE)
, 39, 44

Destination of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE)
, 50–51, 52–53

DfE. See Department for Education (DfE)

Differential access, in higher education
, 17–22

DLHE. See Destination of Leavers in Higher Education (DLHE)

Educational attainment
, 17, 40

Educational preferences
, 44

Employment
, 26–29

England. See United Kingdom (UK)

EPQ. See Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)

EQF. See European Qualifications Framework (EQF)

European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
, 2

Exeter College
, 7

Extended Project Qualification (EPQ)
, 24, 25

Extra-curricular activities
, 104–106

FE. See Further Education (FE)

FEC. See Further Education Colleges (FEC)

Force, vocational qualifications by
, 45–46

Formative assessment
, 79–80

France
, 1–2

Free School Meals
, 18

Further Education (FE)
, 20–21, 32, 103, 139, 141, 144, 145, 146

academic support
, 142

social networks
, 96–97

tutor perspectives on entry qualifications
, 132–133

academic support
, 122–123

modes of assessment
, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132

student performance and progress
, 113–114, 115, 116

ways of learning
, 122, 126, 128

ways of teaching and learning
, 143–144

Further Education Colleges (FEC)
, 5

GCSEs. See General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSEs)

General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSEs)
, 39–40, 42, 43–44, 66–67, 73, 84–85, 144

Germany
, 2

value of vocational education
, 16

Habitus
, 28–29

institutional habitus
, 28–29

vocational habitus
, 46

HCEC. See House of Commons Education Committee (HCEC)

HEFCE. See Office for Students

HE/FE partnerships
, 146–147

recommendations for
, 147

HEIs. See Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs)

HEPI
, 49–50

Hereford Sixth Form College
, 7

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs data (HMRC)
, 27

HESA. See Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)

Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs)
, 15, 18, 29, 46, 140

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
, 18, 20, 21–22, 27, 39, 41–42

degree outcomes
, 50

patterns of progression
, 50–51

undergraduate courses
, 48–49

HMRC. See Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs data (HMRC)

House of Commons Education Committee (HCEC)
, 93

IB. See International Baccalaureate (IB)

ICT. See Information Communication and Technology (ICT)

ILR. See Individualised Learner Record (ILR)

Inclusion
, 139–140

Individualised Learner Record (ILR)
, 27

Inequality
, 41

Inferior alternative qualifications
, 15

Information Communication and Technology (ICT)
, 66–67

Institutional habitus
, 28–29

International Baccalaureate (IB)
, 25, 40, 80, 81–82, 139–140

Islington College
, 7

JACS. See Joint Academic Coding System (JACS)

Joint Academic Coding System (JACS)
, 48–49

Juvos
, 27

KCL/HEFCE report
, 149–150

Labour Force Survey
, 26

Labour Market System
, 27

Learner identity, student choices and
, 29–32

Learning democracy
, 150

Learning experiences across FE–HE transition
, 59

academic literacy
, 60–64

academic support
, 70–74

different ways of learning
, 75–77

numeracy, mathematics and statistics
, 64–67

subject and content knowledge
, 67–70

Learning in vocational education
, 46

Lecturer perspectives on entry qualifications
, 111

academic preparedness
, 117–121

academic support
, 126–130

literacy and subject knowledge
, 121–126

modes of assessment
, 136–137

student performance and progress
, 111–117

ways of learning
, 130–136

Literacy
, 121–126

Loughborough College
, 7

Loughborough University
, 7

Mathematics
, 64–67

Modes of assessment
, 136–137

National Benefit Database
, 27

National Pupil Database (NPD)
, 27

National Strategy for Access and Student Success in Higher Education
, 54

National Student Survey
, 79–80

Netherlands, the
, 1–2

NPD. See National Pupil Database (NPD)

Numeracy
, 64–67

OECD. See Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

OFFA. See Office for Fair Access (OFFA)

Office for Fair Access (OFFA)
, 149–150

Office for Students (OfS)
, 5, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 30, 40, 41, 49–50, 53, 54

Addressing Barriers to Student Success
, 6–7

OfS. See Office for Students (OfS)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
, 1

Parity between different qualifications
, 54

Participation in higher education
, 17–22

Participation Of Local AReas (POLAR)
, 41

Passports to Progress
, 18

Patterns of progression
, 50–54

Peer mentoring
, 70–71

Peer support
, 70–71

POLAR. See Participation Of Local AReas terminology, abbreviated (POLAR)

Policy and practice recommendations
, 139

assessment models
, 145–146

HE/FE partnerships
, 146–147

sense of belonging, development of
, 139–141

student academic support
, 141–143

ways of teaching and learning
, 143–145

Post-16 qualifications
, 13–14, 20–21, 24, 149

Prior education
, 42

Prior qualification, undergraduate admission patterns by
, 46–48

Progression
, 22–26

patterns of
, 50–54

Providence, vocational qualifications by
, 45–46

Queen Mary University of London
, 7

Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF)
, 2, 3, 4

Review of Post-18 Education and Funding (the Augar Review)
, 4, 5

RQF. See Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF)

Russell Group
, 7, 17, 18, 20, 21–22, 25, 30, 32, 47, 48, 149

Schools’ Enquiry Commission
, 2

Select Committee on Public Accounts
, 21

Sense of belonging
, 28

development of
, 139–141

facilitating
, 95

accommodation choices
, 101–104

extra-curricular activities
, 104–106

social networks
, 96–101

recommendations for
, 140–141

SMC. See Social Mobility Commission (SMC)

Social capital
, 28, 42

Social identity, student choices and
, 29–32

Social Market Foundation
, 18

Social Mobility Commission (SMC)
, 13, 27

report 2016
, 18, 20–21, 149

report 2019
, 54

Socio-genomics
, 42–43

Statistical analysis of national datasets
, 39

degree outcomes
, 50, 51

parity between different qualifications
, 54

patterns of progression
, 50–54

social context
, 40–43

undergraduate admission patterns, by prior qualification
, 46–48

undergraduate subject areas
, 48–50

university
, 48

vocational qualifications, by choice, force or providence
, 45–46

vocational route
, 43–45

Statistics
, 64–67

Student body
, 139

Student choices, and social and learner identity
, 29–32

Student performance and progress
, 111–117

Subject knowledge
, 67–70, 121–126

Summative assessment
, 79–80

Teaching and learning experiences across FE–HE transition
, 79

adapting to changed assessment expectations
, 84–86

assessment feedback
, 86–91

assessment preferences
, 80–81

changes in assessment experiences
, 81–84

TEC. See Technical Education Councils (TEC)

Technical Education Council (TEC)
, 2–3

Terminology, problems of
, 14–15

Training in vocational education
, 46

Transforming Transitions project
, 5–9, 14, 49, 50, 142–143, 146, 150

UCAS. See Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)

Undergraduate admission patterns, by prior qualification
, 46–48

Undergraduate subject areas
, 48–50

United Kingdom (UK)

differential access and participation, in higher education
, 17

Higher Educational Institutions
, 29

longitudinal data analysis
, 40

mass expansion of Higher Education in
, 13–14

patterns of progression
, 50–51

post-16 qualifications
, 13

undergraduate admission patterns by prior qualification
, 46, 47

value of vocational education
, 16

United States

differential access and participation, in higher education
, 17

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
, 3, 5, 14, 17, 18, 32, 46, 48–49, 54–55, 149

tariff
, 23–24, 25

University of Birmingham
, 7

University of Exeter
, 7

Value of vocational qualifications
, 15–17

VET. See Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Vocational Education and Training (VET)
, 1–4, 7, 9–10, 18

definition of
, 1–2

development of
, 3

Vocational habitus
, 39–40, 46

Vocational route
, 39–40, 43–45, 47–48

Ways of learning
, 75–77, 130–136, 143–145

recommendations for
, 144–145

Ways of teaching
, 143–145

recommendations for
, 144–145

Wolf Report (2011)
, 3–4, 15, 16

Working class students
, 45