The report advised that the governments should step up efforts to retrain and support job skills to address the differences in work qualifications, with a focus on young people.

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The association recognises that people go to university for reasons other than to get work-related qualifications.

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He said the CCEA had also been at the centre of developing and launching a series of new work-related qualifications at a range of levels.

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