ABSTRACT

The ASSET project is an attempt to establish an innovative model of post qualifying vocational higher education, based on a radical application of the principle of work-based (experiential) learning and a competence-based curriculum format within the values and procedures of a university. Our book is addressed to colleagues in higher education, in vocational education and training, and to all who have an interest in the presentation and organization of professional education. It contains a detailed analytical description of the ASSET project, with an account of its theoretical basis and its general implications. These implications involve an engagement with a broad and ancient debate, namely how ‘education’ is (can be/ should be) ‘relevant’ to practical life experience.