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Young, Davis A.

doi:10.1130/2015.2512(001)

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“…Some research notes the difficulty of finding evidence of the 'impact' of NQFs, whether national, continental or global (e.g. Raffe 2012;Coles 2007;Young and Allais 2011). Elsewhere, the paucity of, and call for more research into, the 'impact' of NQFs is noted (Allais, 2011;Keevy 2010;Raffe 2012;Fernie et al 2013).…”

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“…Further, the spread of NQFs has been such that in 2011 over 100 countries were at some stage of implementing an NQF (Young and Allais 2011). Institutional support for attempts to measure the impact of NQFs have come from various state institutions such as the International Labour Organization (ILO) in collaboration with the European Training Foundation (ETF) in 2009 (Young and Allais 2011) and the UK based Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) (e.g. project number PTA 026 -27 -2166).…”

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The impact of National Qualifications Frameworks: by which yardstick do we measure dreams?

Pilcher

Fernie

Smith

2015

Journal of Education and Work

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National Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs) are a global phenomenon. This is evidenced by their scale, coverage and intrinsic link with education policy across Europe and beyond. Research into their impact has encompassed a number of perspectives; theoretical, practical and evaluative. Yet, despite the existence of critical literature related to the development, design and impact of NQFs, little research has questioned the actual feasibility of researching the 'impact' of NQFs per se. The arguments in this paper position such research as both unfeasible and futile: a dream for which it is impossible to identify a suitable yardstick to measure. We base our argument around three broad themes: linguistics and semantics; homogeneity and; methodological complexity. Around these themes we aim to show why such research has proved problematic and, in doing so, contribute to the field as it explores the impact of NQFs in the future.

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