National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs): a learning 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

The Role of National Qualifications Systems in Promoting Lifelong Learning

Adding new ingredients to an old recipe: NVQs and the influence of CATERBASE

National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) were developed out of a plethora of initiatives implemented between 1960 and 1990. The format of NVQs was initially based on a hierarchical task analysis of job functions within the hospitality and catering industry, conducted as part of the CATERBASE project, which was commissioned by the Manpower Services Commission in the mid-1980s. This issues paper...

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...