Internationalisation of vocational education

This workshop brings together four complementary contributions that examine the internationalisation of further and vocational education, as well as the research that engages with it. It responds directly to ongoing debates within the British Educational Research Association (BERA) concerning globalisation, policy mobility and comparative educational research. Through comparative, historical and critical perspectives, the workshop seeks to stimulate dialogue between UK-based scholarship and wider international policy and research landscapes. Collectively, the contributions interrogate how global policy agendas, institutional practices and national discourses shape the development, reform and governance of further and vocational education systems across diverse contexts. Particular attention is paid to the circulation of policy ideas, the translation of global frameworks into local settings, and the methodological implications for comparative research. The workshop aims to deepen engagement with educational research on internationalisation, strengthen research capacity in comparative and policy-oriented methodologies and advance the quality and theoretical sophistication of educational research that moves beyond nationally bounded perspectives.

Professor of Educational Management at Vienna University of Economics and Business

I am a Professor of Educational Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. My research focuses on international and comparative research in TVET. In particular, I examine the influence of international organisations...

Charlotte Marshall is a lecturer at Nottingham Trent University where she has recently achieved senior fellow of the Higher Education Authority. Charlotte is a postgraduate of the University of Northampton where her research focuses on level 8...