Project News
National Workshop, New Delhi - 6 December 2019
On behalf of the Indian Institute of Management – Calcutta (IIM-C) and the School of Education at the University of Glasgow a national workshop was organized on Dual Apprenticeships and Skill Development in India. The workshop was held at the India International Centre on Dec 6, 2019. The national workshop was part of the current twenty-seven months long collaborative research project (2018-2021) on Dual Apprenticeships in India and Mexico, funded by the highly prestigious Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) which is part of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as well as UK’s largest organization for funding research on economic and social issues.
The workshop was conceived as an interactive platform for receiving feedback on our research findings as well as thinking about pathways to improved skill development in India. The workshop was attended by international scholars, representatives of the chamber of commerce, graduate students and key stakeholders engaged in policy planning and adoption of Dual System of Training and Skill Mission in India.
Project Dissemination Meeting with National Actors, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico – 14 November 2019
In this meeting, the research team presented the main objectives and scope of the research project before the main stakeholders involved in the implementation and operation of the Mexican Model of Dual Formation (MMDF), which included civil servants of the Ministry of Education and the Sub secretariat of Upper-Secondary Education, Conalep, German Cooperation Agencies (Camexa and GIZ), and representatives of chambers of commerce and employers organizations.
Besides introducing the project, the event served as a kick-off meeting of what is intended to be a close relationship in which the research team and the stakeholders will undertake periodical knowledge exchange, findings dissemination, and cooperation actions.
The research team was satisfied with the overall results of the meeting, since it served as both a dissemination and rapport-building platform that lays a solid foundation for the upcoming project activities.
Early Career Researchers’ Training: Qualitative Interviews (with young people) Workshop, University of Glasgow – 9 October 2019
Early Career Researchers participated in a training workshop on conducting qualitative interviews. The agenda included the following activities:
- Interview Issues: A facilitated group activity led by Professors Catherine Doherty & Nicki Hedge, School of Education, University of Glasgow.
- First do no harm: How to be a reflexive interviewer. Professor Catherine Doherty shared her experiences interviewing communities, families, and young people.
- Doing/being good: How to be an ethical interviewer (Can the capabilities approach help?) Professor Nicki Hedge considered with the group how the capabilities approach pioneered by Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum offers a framework for interviewing marginalized young people.