Salim Akoojee
Salim Akoojee is international education and training consultant.
He has engaged extensively in TVET policy and skills development research, policy, implementation and capacity building in and for development. His extensive experience in developing and emerging economies focusing on the role of skills and economy has had widespread acclaim. He has published extensively in the area of further (TVET) and higher education policy and practise. Numerous books and more than 30 research articles in national and international peer reviewed publications attests to extensive experience and expertise in the area. He currently serves as Senior Consultant Editor in ’Africa Education Review’ , on the editorial Board of the International Journal for Research into Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET) and is current Board Membership of the International Network of Innovative Apprenticeship (INAP). He has also worked on a range of international joint TVET research projects including for the ILO/World Bank, British Council, DFID, KRIVET, JICA and DANIDA. He was also served as Chairperson of the TVET Technical Task Team on Further Education and Training at the Human Resources Development Council of South Africa (HRDSA and has been an invited peer reviewer, Building Skills for Work and Life (Shanghai 13-16th May 2012). His work incorporates critical perspectives on skills and TVET from the emerging South and exploring the role of TVET in varied national labour markets. Current interest includes cross-national TVET policy developments. He is peer reviewer for the International Journal of Education Policy (IJED) and a range of academic publications.
He serves currently is honorary lecturer at the University of Nottingham (UK) and until 2016, adjunct Associate professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His work at the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education in Knowledge Management division, incorporated a range of research-relevant initiatives at the Centre. As Technical Specialist, he provided support for research-relevant collaborative engagements intended to advance the TVET agenda globally. His experience in education spans teaching, teacher training, university staff development and research.
He has engaged extensively in TVET policy and skills development research, policy, implementation and capacity building in and for development. His extensive experience in developing and emerging economies focusing on the role of skills and economy has had widespread acclaim. He has published extensively in the area of further (TVET) and higher education policy and practise. Numerous books and more than 30 research articles in national and international peer reviewed publications attests to extensive experience and expertise in the area. He currently serves as Senior Consultant Editor in ’Africa Education Review’ , on the editorial Board of the International Journal for Research into Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET) and is current Board Membership of the International Network of Innovative Apprenticeship (INAP). He has also worked on a range of international joint TVET research projects including for the ILO/World Bank, British Council, DFID, KRIVET, JICA and DANIDA. He was also served as Chairperson of the TVET Technical Task Team on Further Education and Training at the Human Resources Development Council of South Africa (HRDSA and has been an invited peer reviewer, Building Skills for Work and Life (Shanghai 13-16th May 2012). His work incorporates critical perspectives on skills and TVET from the emerging South and exploring the role of TVET in varied national labour markets. Current interest includes cross-national TVET policy developments. He is peer reviewer for the International Journal of Education Policy (IJED) and a range of academic publications.
He serves currently is honorary lecturer at the University of Nottingham (UK) and until 2016, adjunct Associate professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. His work at the UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education in Knowledge Management division, incorporated a range of research-relevant initiatives at the Centre. As Technical Specialist, he provided support for research-relevant collaborative engagements intended to advance the TVET agenda globally. His experience in education spans teaching, teacher training, university staff development and research.
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