Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2008)
This paper outlines research undertaken at a Northern UK university in partnership with a local further education college. The research was underpinned by reference to national policies, government strategies and the findings of others in the field, and involved the collection and analysis of interv…
Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2008)
A questionnaire was distributed to the heads of graduate recruitment in 900 British firms querying the recipients’ views on (1) the main benefits alleged to accrue to students on vocational degrees who complete work experience periods; (2) the value for graduate employability of paid work undertaken…
Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2008)
In 1957, 12 years after the end of World War II, the Ministry of Education issued Circular 323 to promote the development of an element of ‘liberal studies’ in courses offered by technical and further education (FE) colleges in England. This was perceived to be in some ways a peculiar or uncharacter…
Source:Skill Formation: Interdisciplinary and Cross-National Perspectives
(2008)
Competitiveness and performance of national economies is inherently linked to the productivity of their workforces. Some of this productivity is created by full-time primary, secondary, and postsecondary education. A significant part is built up later when workers participate in the workforce.With s…
Source:Employment Regimes and the Quality of Work
(2008)
The book compares the quality of working life in European societies with very different institutional systems - France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, and Sweden. It focuses in particular on skills and skill development, opportunities for training, the scope for initiative in work, the difficulty of…
Source:Skill Formation: Interdisciplinary and Cross-National Perspectives
(2008)
This chapter considers contributions from the political science literature to understanding the causes and consequences of cross-national diversity in training regimes across the most developed democracies.1 The recent surge of interest by political scientists in skills has developed as an offshoot …
Source:Network: Theorizing Knowledge Work in Telecommunications
(2008)
How does a telecommunications company function when its right hand often doesn't know what its left hand is doing? How do rapidly expanding, interdisciplinary organizations hold together and perform their knowledge work? In this book, Clay Spinuzzi draws on two warring theories of work activity - ac…
Source:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2008)
New postsecondary graduates seeking entry into the Canadian workforce may experience more favourable labour market outcomes if they augment their education with job-related training. Employers, looking for new ways of differentiating among equally credentialed prospects, may prefer job candidates wi…
