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Leesa Wheelahan @leesawheelahan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Gavin Moodie and and I have just published a book entitled 'Beyond Skills: A Capability Conception of Vocational Education'. It is open access, so it is free to download. Here is the link: brill.com/display/titl...

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Beyond Skills

"Beyond Skills" published on 01 Jun 2026 by Brill.

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Leesa Wheelahan @leesawheelahan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Our 1st seminar on tertiary ed in England is Thursday 22 Jan: James Robson on "The coordination conundrum: to what extent does the post-16 education and skills white paper represent the development of a coordinated tertiary system?" Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/28bdad...

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Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams

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Leesa Wheelahan @leesawheelahan.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The Edge Foundation has just published my blog on 'skill', which is part of their wonderful series interrogating and problematising words we often use in policy and in practice: www.edge.co.uk/research/wha...

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Skill

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Leesa Wheelahan @leesawheelahan.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

The Journal of Vocational Education & Training has a call for a special issue to debate outcomes-based qualifications. Abstracts close 2 February 2026. Two types of papers will be considered: 2000 word articles in a Forum section, and 8000 word scholarly articles: www.jvet.uk/journal-info...

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Journal information — jvet.co.uk

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Leesa Wheelahan @leesawheelahan.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Full article: Revisiting credentialism – why qualifications matter: a theoretical exploration Gavin Moodie and I have just published an article on why qualifications matter. It is open access

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Reposted by Leesa Wheelahan

Niklas Rosenblad @rosenik.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

In this article with Leesa Wheelahan, we use the critical realist concept of depth-ontology to examine personhood which is related to, but distinct from, human agency, social structure and the social context in which people practise their skills. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The ontology of personhood and a realist critique of the policy discourse based on skills

This paper uses the critical realist concept of human reflexivity to develop a theoretical critique of the notion of ‘skills’ in current policy discourses, particularly in vocational education. We...

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Leesa Wheelahan @leesawheelahan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

@GavinMoodie & I have published an article entitled: What do vocational colleges do & why do they matter? Thinking about the role of colleges as local actors. Colleges are institutions and not providers in markets. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Leesa Wheelahan @leesawheelahan.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Hi all, Here is an encyclopedia article I wrote that seeks to explain different types of realism to grad students. Wheelahan, L. (2023). Realism and theorizing curriculum—the role of knowledge. If you can't get it, let me know and I'll send it to you: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Realism and theorizing curriculum—the role of knowledge

Different realist approaches have emerged as important positions within the sociology of education in theorizing the aims, purposes and structure of c…

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