?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+meso-social+benefits+of+VET+for+social+groups+and+communities.&rft.creator=Mostafa%2C+T&rft.creator=Edmonds%2C+C&rft.creator=Preston%2C+J&rft.creator=Jenkins%2C+A&rft.creator=Chadderton%2C+C&rft.creator=Green%2C+A&rft.description=This+report+for+CEDEFOP+considers+the+meso-social+benefits+for+social+groups+and+communities.+This+is+a+subject+of+considerable+interest+both+academically+in+terms+of+the+contribution+of+VET+at+the+community+level%2C+and+in+policy+terms%2C+as+agendas+in+European+countries+are+orientated+towards+community+cohesion+and+active%2C+participatory+citizenship.+This+report+can+be+contextualised+in+terms+of+a+long+history+of+VET+as+being+implicated+in+mitigating+against+the+disruption+of+community+due+to+changes+in+economy+and+society.+Indeed%2C+the+focus+on+community%2C+social+groups+and+VET+has+been+long+standing%2C+arising+from+major+shifts+in+the+nature+of+the+global+economy+in+the+21st+century+(Winch%2C+2000)+from+an+industrial+to+a+knowledge+based+economy.+We+consider+that+VET+has+two+benefits+for+groups+at+the+meso-level+being+social+capital+formation+and+psycho-social+benefits+(group+identity+and+quality+of+life).+We+also+consider+that+the+benefits+of+VET+might+accrue+differently+to+different+social+groups+on+the+basis+of+characteristics+such+as+income%2C+gender%2C+household+type+and+citizenship.+We+would+expect+people+who+engage+in+VET+to+benefit+differentially+according+to+their+membership+of+different+social+groups.+In+this+report+we+look+at+the+differential+benefits+for+social+groups+and+communities.+For+quantitative+purposes+the+five+social+groups+identified+are%3A+income+groups%2C+gender%2C+household+type%2C+citizenship+(nationals%2C+EU+nationals%2C+and+non-national)%2C+and+birth+place+groups.&rft.publisher=Cedefop&rft.date=2011&rft.type=Report&rft.source=++++Cedefop+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1545896%2F1%2Ffinal_submitted_oct2011.docx&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F1545896%2F&rft.rights=open