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As a result of international developments, such as intensified global competition, increased influence of international organizations, or the creation of a European Higher Education Area, reforms can he observed in many European countries. Unlike Germany (see chapter 4 by Niemann in this volume) or Switzerland (see chapter 8 by Bieber in this volume), England has not reorganized its education system, in both the field of secondary and higher education there were only a few changes following international and European developments. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Programme for International Student. Assessment (PISA) Study has been noticed by policy-makers, but if has only played a minor role in the discourse about the future for schools in England (Knodel and Walkenhorst 2010; Grek 2009). in higher education there were some slight adjustments in the context of the Bologna Process and other European initiatives, but general interest has not been very high.
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Knodel, P. (2014). On Silent Wings — PISA, Bologna, and the Debate about Internationalization in England. In: Martens, K., Knodel, P., Windzio, M. (eds) Internationalization of Education Policy. Transformations of the State. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137401694_6
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