Research as system infrastructure: an integrated framework for further education and skills

This report presents a practical framework for making research a core part of improvement in further education (FE) and skills. It shows how organisations can turn everyday professional insight into credible, shareable knowledge through a five-tier taxonomy and a diagnostic model of rigour, transferability and codification.

 

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