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Broadly speaking, Skill courses take practical and hands-on approaches, teaching skills like plumbing, programming and film editing. Academic courses tend toward the theoretical, and consider more traditional subjects like literature, history, and maths.   But, as is usually the case, this separation - and the associated preconceptions - isn’t all so black and white.   In recent years, vocational offerings have expanded and diversified hugely. You can find courses all the way up to doctorate level, and spanning fields from designing theatre sets to building space ships.   The wide variety of vocational courses on offer, paired with the increasingly [...]