Kersh, Natalia;
Laczik, Andrea;
Evans, Karen;
(2023)
Addressing COVID-19 challenges through institutionalisation and innovation within an evolving skills ecosystem: contexts of England and small islands in the British Isles.
In: Evans, Karen and Ostendorf, Annette and Permpoonwiwat, Chompoonuh K, (eds.)
Resilience of Vocational Education and Training in Phases of External Shock – Experiences from the Corona Pandemic in Asian and European Skill Eco Systems.
Innsbruck University Press: Innsbruck, Austria.
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Abstract
The chapter aims to consider some implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for VET and workplace learning policies and practices in the contexts of England and small islands of the British Isles. One of the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has created both challenges and opportunities of unprecedented intensity for lifelong learning within an evolving (skills) ecosystem. Shifts in organisational practices intensified by pandemic have become sustained and recognised both within individual organisations and more broadly, across industries. Workplaces and VET sectors had quickly to adapt their strategies and practices to new ways of working, learning and teaching, while coping with constant change. Some strategies and practices have been largely perceived as temporary and short-term solutions during the pandemic, as contingency arrangements to manage any further impact of COVID-19. However, some of them have been subsequently retained and institutionalised, particularly, those related to digitalisation, flexible learning and working modes, innovation, automation and sustainability. The chapter will aim to explore how this process of institutionalisation of innovation, challenges and opportunities is playing out in the contexts of ecosystems of England and some small islands of the British Isles.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Addressing COVID-19 challenges through institutionalisation and innovation within an evolving skills ecosystem: contexts of England and small islands in the British Isles |
| ISBN-13: | 978-3-99106-116-8 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.15203/99106-116-8-08 |
| Publisher version: | https://www.uibk.ac.at/iup/buecher/9783991061168.h... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | skills ecosystem; COVID-19; workplace learning; England and small islands of the British Isles |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10184698 |
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