Intended as a platform for discussion, exchange, sharing of best practice and developing recommendations on cooperation between the participating countries in the field of ECCE training, the meeting will also highlight recent higher education research and practice.

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It reflects the contemporary intellectual preference in higher education for integrating the theory and practice of a discipline, and for reducing the divisions between vocational and academic qualifications.

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"The government cannot tell universities and other higher education institutions who they can and cannot invite, but universities do have to follow very strict codes of practice, " she added.

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And in practice, a large majority of students who stay in education beyond the age of 16 continue into higher education.

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