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S. McGrath

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S. McGrath — researcher profile on SciRah

h-index: 32
Works: 195
Citations: 3,738

Most-cited papers

Vocational education and training for development: a policy in need of a theory?
S. McGrath
2012243 citations Open access
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Higher education and economic development: the importance of building technological capabilities
G. Kruss, S. McGrath, I. Petersen, Michael Gastrow
2015240 citations Open access
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Skills for development and vocational education and training: Current and emergent trends
S. McGrath, Shoko Yamada
2023International Journal of Educational Development167 citations Open access
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Skills for sustainable development: Transforming vocational education and training beyond 2015
S. McGrath, L. Powell
2016155 citations Open access
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Vocational education and training for African development: a literature review
S. McGrath, P. Ramsarup, Jacques Zeelen, V. Wedekind +5 more
2019Journal of Vocational Education and Training117 citations Open access
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New VET theories for new times: the critical capabilities approach to vocational education and training and its potential for theorising a transformed and transformational VET
S. McGrath, L. Powell, Joyceline Alla-Mensah, Randa Hilal +1 more
2020Journal of Vocational Education and Training78 citations Open access
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Skills for Human Development
L. Powell, S. McGrath
201961 citations Open access
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A conceptual framework toward identifying and analyzing challenges to the advancement of pharmacy
L. Bader, S. McGrath, M. Rouse, C. Anderson
2017Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy54 citations Open access
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Where to now for vocational education and training in Africa?
S. McGrath
201146 citations
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Knowing and doing vocational education and training reform: Evidence, learning and the policy process
S. McGrath, R. Lugg
201244 citations Open access
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Challenging deficit discourses in international education and development
S. Aikman, A. Robinson-Pant, S. McGrath, C. Jere +3 more
201641 citations Open access
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Routledge handbook of international education and development
S. McGrath, Q. Gu
201540 citations
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Education and development: Thirty years of continuity and change
S. McGrath
201040 citations Open access
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Reframing skills ecosystems for sustainable and just futures
P. Ramsarup, S. McGrath, Heila Lotz-Sisitka
2023International Journal of Educational Development39 citations Open access
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Education in small states: policies and priorities
S. McGrath
201438 citations
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Re-conceptualising VET: responses to covid-19
J. Avis, L. Atkins, B. Esmond, S. McGrath
2020Journal of Vocational Education and Training36 citations Open access
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Should Touch Screen Tablets Be Used to Improve Educational Outcomes in Primary School Children in Developing Countries?
P. Hubber, L. Outhwaite, A. Chigeda, S. McGrath +2 more
2016Frontiers in Psychology35 citations Open access
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Building new approaches to thinking about vocational education and training and development: policy, theory and evidence
S. McGrath
201232 citations Open access
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TVET SI: Towards Sustainable Vocational Education and Training: Thinking beyond the formal
S. McGrath, Jo-Anna Russon
2023Southern African Journal of Environmental Education28 citations Open access
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Conceptualising regional skills ecosystems: Reflections on four African cases
V. Wedekind, Jo-Anna Russon, P. Ramsarup, D. Monk +2 more
2021International Journal of Training and Development28 citations Open access
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A capability approach to understanding the role of informal apprenticeship in the human development of informal apprentices
Joyceline Alla-Mensah, S. McGrath
2021Journal of Vocational Education and Training28 citations Open access
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Negotiating Employability: Migrant Capitals and Networking Strategies for Zimbabwean Highly Skilled Migrants in the UK
J. Thondhlana, R. Madziva, S. McGrath
201628 citations Open access
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Exploring the Internationalization of Zimbabwe’s Higher Education Institutions Through a Decolonial Lens: Postcolonial Continuities and Disruptions
J. Thondhlana, Hadiza Kere Abdulrahman, Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe, S. McGrath
2020Journal of Studies in International Education26 citations Open access
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Quality education and the role of the teacher in Fiji: mobilising global and local values
Michael Crossley, Cresantia Koya-Vaka'uta, R. Lagi, S. McGrath +2 more
201725 citations Open access
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Revisiting insider–outsider research in comparative and international education
S. McGrath
201724 citations
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Professional skills development in a resource-poor setting: the case of pharmacy in Malawi
Zoe Lim, C. Anderson, S. McGrath
201220 citations Open access
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Capability or Employability: Orientating VET Toward “Real Work”
L. Powell, S. McGrath
2018Handbook of Vocational Education and Training18 citations
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Rethinking the employability of international graduate migrants: Reflections on the experiences of Zimbabweans with degrees from England
S. McGrath, R. Madziva, J. Thondhlana
201718 citations Open access
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Bridging skills demand and supply in South Africa: The role of public and private intermediaries
I. Petersen, G. Kruss, S. McGrath, Michael Gastrow
201618 citations Open access
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Exploring the Value of the Capability Approach for Vocational Education and Training Evaluation: Reflections from South Africa
L. Powell, S. McGrath
201418 citations Open access
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The post-2015 debate and the place of education in development thinking
S. McGrath
201418 citations Open access
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The Role of Vocational Education and Training in Palestine in Addressing Inequality and Promoting Human Development
Randa Hilal, S. McGrath
201617 citations Open access
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Communicating Employability: the Role of Communicative Competence for Zimbabwean Highly Skilled Migrants in the UK
R. Madziva, S. McGrath, J. Thondhlana
201617 citations Open access
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Vocational Education and Training for Human Development
S. McGrath, L. Powell
201515 citations
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Advancing Life Projects: South African Students Explain Why They Come to FET Colleges
L. Powell, S. McGrath
201415 citations Open access
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The new politics of aid to education—Rhetoric and reality
C. Colclough, K. King, S. McGrath
201015 citations
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A laminated, emergentist view of skills ecosystems
P. Ramsarup, Heila Lotz-Sisitka, S. McGrath
2022Journal of Critical Realism13 citations Open access
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Education for just transitions: Lifelong learning and the 30th anniversary Human Development Report
S. McGrath, Séverine Deneulin
2021International Review of Education13 citations Open access
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Skills for decent work, life and sustainable development: Vocational education and the sustainable development goals
S. McGrath, Joyceline Alla-Mensah, M. Langthaler
201813 citations
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Introduction: the shifting understandings of skills in South Africa since industrialisation
S. McGrath
201513 citations
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Educational policy-making and hegemony: monolithic voices from civil society
Ecem Karlıdağ-Dennis, S. McGrath, Howard C. Stevenson
2019British Journal of Sociology of Education11 citations Open access
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Is the Global Pharmacy Workforce Issue All About Numbers?
Ifunanya Ikhile, C. Anderson, S. McGrath, Stephanie Bridges
2018American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education11 citations Open access
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Toward an African Community-Based Research (ACBR) Methodology
John-Okoria Ibhakewanlan, S. McGrath
201511 citations Open access
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Skills futures in Africa
S. McGrath
2022Prospects10 citations Open access
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Internationalizing higher education: from grand plans to evolving responses
Şefika Mertkan, Ilkay Gilanlioglu, S. McGrath
201610 citations Open access
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Internationalisation of higher education and national development: the case of Zimbabwe
S. McGrath, J. Thondhlana, Evelyn Chiyevo Garwe
2019Compare9 citations Open access
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Contemporary factors shaping the professional identity of occupational therapy lecturers
J. O'Shea, S. McGrath
2018British Journal of Occupational Therapy9 citations Open access
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Curriculum reform in agricultural vocational education and training in Zimbabwe: Implementation challenges and possibilities
C. Muwaniki, S. McGrath, M. G. Manzeke-Kangara, Volker Wedekindv +1 more
2022Journal of Vocational, Adult and Continuing Education and Training8 citations Open access
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Education and development in Africa: lessons of the past 50 years for beyond 2015
S. McGrath
20127 citations
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Skilling for Sustainable Futures: To SDG8 and Beyond
S. McGrath
20206 citations
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