Interview with Professor Lorna Unwin

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Lorna Unwin, Editor of Journal of Vocational Education & Training

This is the thirty-fourth audio interview in a series that Routledge is conducting with the editors of some of its key Education journals.

The interview page has been split into sections which can be quickly accessed by selecting any of the links below:

• Introduction
• Lorna Unwin answers the questions
• More about the Editor
• Suggested Reading and Related Articles

Introduction

These interviews are aimed at students, educational researchers, academics and visitors to the Education Arena website who are interested in particular journals and would like to find out more.

Each interview provides information about the editors in question and details about the creation of their journal and its purpose and scope within the wider sphere of educational research. Each editor is also asked to offer advice, hints and tips to prospective authors who may be hoping to submit papers to their journal.

This thirty-fourth interview is with Professor Lorna Unwin, Editor of Journal of Vocational Education & Training. The journal’s focus is on policy, learning processes, assessment and accreditation in professional and vocational education rather than on any specific institutional or social context.

Lorna Unwin answers the questions

The interview took place at the Taylor & Francis Offices in Abingdon on 16th August, 2010.

We also provide a transcription of this interview to overcome accessibility problems if you have hearing difficulties (or for those of you who may just prefer to read the interview).

More about the Editor

Lorna Unwin is Professor of Vocational Education and Deputy Director of the ESRC-funded LLAKES Research Centre at the Institute of Education, University of London.

After working as a journalist, she became interested in education whilst acting as a volunteer adult literacy tutor at university. She then taught in further education colleges and adult community education. She has held academic posts at the Open University and University of Sheffield. From 2003-2006, she was Director of the Centre for Labour Market Studies at the University of Leicester. Lorna is an adviser to the OECD, Cedefop, and the European Training Foundation.

Suggested Reading and Related Articles

Lorna Unwin suggests the following articles to be of interest:

Journal of Education and Work
Change and continuity in apprenticeship: the resilience of a model of learning
By Fuller, A. and Unwin, L. (2009)
22(5): 405-416

Journal of Further and Higher Education
Developing teacher expertise at work: in-service trainee teachers in colleges of further education in England
By Lucas, N. and Unwin, L. (2009)
33(4): 423-433

Journal of Vocational Education and Training
Fostering 'habits of reflection, independent study and free inquiry': an analysis of the short-lived phenomenon of Gerneral/Liberal Studies in English vocational education and training
By Bailey, B. And Unwin, L. (2008)
60(1): 61-74

Pedagogy, Culture and Society
Looking inside the Russian doll: the interconnections between context, learning and pedagogy
By Unwin, L., Felstead, A., Fuller, A., Bishop, D., Lee, T., Jewson, N. and Butler, P. (2007)
15(3): 333-348