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Putting Knowledge to Work

Putting Knowledge to Work challenges conventional notions of academic knowledge as context-free and it demonstrates that there are complex processes at play.

Putting Knowledge to Work challenges conventional notions of academic knowledge as context-free and it demonstrates that there are complex processes of ‘re contextualising’ knowledge through the design and implementation of work-based learning at higher education levels.

Putting Knowledge to Work
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Lessons from Employer-Led Learning
CET summarised key findings in its publication ‘Lessons From Employer Led Learning’. The full evaluation was published by The Edge Foundation.
Lost in Transition: The Challenges of Preparing Young People for Work
Lost in Transition explores the challenges of preparing young people for work and the difference between developing skills and enabling young people to use them.
Future-Proofing the Next Generation
Today's school leavers and graduates face a future certain to bring uncertainty. Many will be doing jobs that do not yet exist, using technologies that also don't exist.
Breaking Barriers
We need to make sure that young people have the skills and resilience to thrive no matter what the future throws at them.
Embedding Commercial Ability
CET commissioned a study to explore the feasibility of a Commercial Education competency framework for improving commercial education.
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