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Neoliberal Discourse on the Webpages of English-Medium Vocational Education Schools and Coding Bootcamps in Sweden
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of English.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7379-8285
2025 (English)In: Critical Education, E-ISSN 1920-4175, Vol. 16, no 2, p. 49-67Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Vocational education and training (VET) programs in Sweden blend classroom instruction and internships, while coding bootcamps offer accelerated adult education in computer science. These institutions increasingly teach in English, mirroring the shift towards English-medium Instruction (EMI) in higher education. Consequently, most EMI scholarship is focused on higher education. This paper investigates how ten Swedish EMI schools are discursively constructed on their webpages, employing reflective thematic analysis to uncover three primary themes: the schools’ affinity with success, the uniqueness of their students, and the schools’ teaching methods. The analysis reveals the schools’ strong affinities with the neoliberal language and ideology, suggesting an alignment with the discourse of academic capitalism in higher and vocational EMI contexts. This paper discusses the similarities and differences in the dominance of neoliberal language and ideology in both educational settings, highlighting broader implications for critical education.

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2025. Vol. 16, no 2, p. 49-67
Keywords [en]
vocational education, coding bootcamps, EMI, reflective thematic analysis, neoliberalism
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Comparative Language Studies and Linguistics
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Linguistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-243221DOI: 10.14288/ce.v16i2.186995ISI: 001498279700003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105004402327OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-243221DiVA, id: diva2:1958644
Available from: 2025-05-16 Created: 2025-05-16 Last updated: 2025-10-03Bibliographically approved

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