Comparing the conservative and labour party’s proposals for skills: what’s the problem represented to be?
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Hooley, T. and Vahidi, G. 2025. Comparing the conservative and labour party’s proposals for skills: what’s the problem represented to be? Journal of Education Policy. https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2025.2498893
| Authors | Hooley, T. and Vahidi, G. |
|---|---|
| Abstract | This paper critically examines UK skills development policies as articulated in two key policy documents: the Conservative government’s White Paper Skills for Jobs: Lifelong Learning for Opportunity and Growth and the Labour Party’s Learning and Skills for Economic Recovery, Social Cohesion and a More Equal Britain. Employing Bacchi’s ‘What’s the Problem Represented to Be?’ approach, the analysis reveals a shared reliance on human capital theory and a technocratic view of education that prioritises economic outcomes. |
| Keywords | Skills policy; education policy; human capital theory; policy discourse analysis |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal | Journal of Education Policy |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2025.2498893 |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02680939.2025.2498893 |
| Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
| Output status | Published |
| Publication dates | |
| Online | 02 May 2025 |
| Publication process dates | |
| Accepted | 27 Mar 2025 |
| Deposited | 13 May 2025 |
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