VET Research in Relation to VET Policy, Planning and Practice

One can hardly think of a wider subject than the relationship between ↑ VET research and policymaking and the ↑ innovation of VET practice. It deals with the contributions researchers have to policymaking and the innovation of education. Are they the ‘special forces’ policy makers and practice want to rely on to improve decision making and obtain better outcomes↑ Is it the researchers’ role to answer policy inspired questions as a stepping stone to ‘informed’ policymaking in VET↑ And is it the role of the ↑ European research community to contribute to the European integration policy agenda↑ Why should it not operate at the level of individual learners or at the level of the individual communities↑ And are researchers still working on national research priorities or are research subjects becoming subjected to European, or even worldwide trends↑