Stealing the skills agenda? Devolution, business and post-16 education and training in Wales

Policy and Politics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 559-579

  Phelps, N A ^a   Valler, D C ^b   Wood, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business interests; Devolution; Education and training policy; Wales

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; POLITICS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 26944435915     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557305774329190     Document Type: Article

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