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Tertiary Education

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Further education; Higher education; Post-compulsory education; Tertiary education

Definition

The phase of education proceeding compulsory education, including higher education. Typically there is no upper limit to the age at which an individual can participate in tertiary education. It is sometimes referred to as lifelong learning given the lack of upper age limit. Tertiary education often bridges the skills and knowledge gap between the general education that an individual receives at school and work.

Introduction to Tertiary Education

A broad range of factors influences tertiary education globally. These include but are not limited to the labor markets they serve, the degree of state-led regulation of specific occupations, and historical structures of economics and industries. Yet despite these variances, the structure of tertiary education is broadly similar. Tertiary education also acts a bridge between the generalist education provided by compulsory schooling and the...

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  1. University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Steve Lambert

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  1. Steve Lambert
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Indira Gandhi National Open University, Regional Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Umesh Chandra Pandey

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Lambert, S. (2020). Tertiary Education. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Quality Education. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69902-8_55-1

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