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Salmon, Michael – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2023
The recent emergence of microcredentials, short courses leading to accreditation with an emphasis on work-aligned skills, is worthy of note due to its speed, scale and accompanying endorsement from governments and influential non-state actors worldwide. This paper analyses the reasons for this rapid growth which have been proposed in academic…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Job Skills, Employment Potential, Education Work Relationship