What is it about?
This article argues it is a futile and impossible dream to attempt to research the impact of National Qualifications Frameworks. It does so from the perspectives of semantic and linguistic perspectives, of raising questions about how different NQFs are, and from considering methodological complexities. It ends by raising a number of questions about such types of research and such policies.
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Why is it important?
It is important because a large amount of time and effort has been expended on such research. We wonder whether, based on the arguments made here, such time and effort would be far better devoted to other types of research.
Perspectives
For me this article represented academic practice at its best. The journal that published the article had had a previous special issue on researching the impact of National Qualifications Frameworks and I personally have great respect for the journal for taking on the paper here, reviewing it, and publishing it in the spirit of debate in the field. Personally, it also allowed me to work on a project that critiqued the previous two papers we had worked on and which represented significant development in personal thoughts on National Qualifications Frameworks.
Dr Nick Pilcher
Edinburgh Napier University
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This page is a summary of: The impact of National Qualifications Frameworks: by which yardstick do we measure dreams?, Journal of Education and Work, December 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/13639080.2015.1122178.
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