{"id":552,"date":"2025-10-02T03:48:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/mcgrath-simon\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T03:48:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:48:56","slug":"mcgrath-simon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/authors\/mcgrath-simon\/","title":{"rendered":"Mcgrath Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content column wide left normal content view\" id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"rounded-corner\"><\/div>\n<article class=\"fader\">\n<header class=\"contents\">\n<h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSimon McGrath<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"author_addthis\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n    var addthis_config = {\n        ui_language = 'en'\n    }\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis sharing\">\n    <!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style\" addthis:title=\"McGrath Simon\">\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_facebook_like\" fb:like:layout=\"button_count\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_tweet\" tw:via=\"thebrokeronline\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_button_pinterest_pinit\"><\/a><br \/>\n    <a class=\"addthis_counter addthis_pill_style\"><\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n    <!-- AddThis Button END -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"addthis article_options\">\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"body contents\">\n<div class=\"object-left\">\n<div class=\"img border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/authors\/mcgrath-simon\/174039-1-eng-gb\/mcgrath-simon_author.jpg\" alt=\"McGrath Simon\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\">Simon McGrath is Director of Research in the School of Education, University of Nottingham and Professor of International Education and Development. Previously he was Director of the Human Resources Development Research Programme of the South African Human Sciences Research Council. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Educational Development, a major international peer-reviewed journal on education&#8217;s relationship with broader processes of economic, political, societal and cultural change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yunu3cvqabft7vifv\"> He has published on a number of aspects of education &#8211; economy links, including vocational education and training systems in Africa, the skills development processes of micro and small enterprises, and the role of aid in shaping education. He advises a number of government departments (most notably in South Africa) and international agencies and was a member of the Secretariat of the Working Group for International Cooperation in Skills Development from 1996 to 2008. He is currently working for UNESCO as one of the core writing team of the World Report on TVET, to be launched early in 2012.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"children\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<section class=\"children related\">\n<div class=\"article\">\n<div class=\"wleft\">\n<div class=\"img\">\n<div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/down-with-best-practice-up-with-policy-learning\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/files\/var\/broker\/storage\/images\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/down-with-best-practice-up-with-policy-learning\/174052-1-eng-gb\/down-with-best-practice-up-with-policy-learning_column.jpg\" alt=\"Down with best practice; up with policy learning!\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"wright\">\n<header>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebrokeronline.eu\/blogs\/busan-high-level-forum\/down-with-best-practice-up-with-policy-learning\/\">Down with best practice; 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