Debating outcomes-based qualifications
Journal: Journal of Vocational Education & Training
Outcomes-based qualifications in vocational education are a ‘global phenomenon’ (CEDEFOP, 2024). While outcomes-based qualifications have their origins in Anglophone countries (Hodge, 2007; Newton, Curcin, Clarke, & Brylka, 2024a), they are now ubiquitous in countries in the global North and South, although the processes of policy diffusion differ in each case (Allais, 2014). They are part of the vocational educatio…