Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2002)
This article is based on a survey of small automotive and electronics companies in Wales. Issues investigated included skills requirements and provision, recruitment, and training activities. The results of this survey are compared to a similar study carried out in 1996. In the intervening time, a n…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2002)
This article presents empirical evidence on labour market performance of graduates of curriculum options in a diversified upper secondary education scheme, with emphasis on the benefit of choosing the vocational intensity of instruction. Such evidence, which was generated for the Greek education sys…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2002)
This article investigates the views of the students of the University of Cyprus concerning the aims and character of the university, in general, and the Department of Education, in particular. Moreover, it examines the extent to which the students’ preparation for the labour market is considered sat…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2002)
This article presents a case study of a particular instance of business involvement in education, the industry-sponsored non-profit National Academy Foundation (NAF). While in the USA participation by employers in schools and educational programmes has increased in the last decade, the federal fundi…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2002)
The research reported in this work concerned access to experiential learning offered in the form of work-based learning in a science and technology degree programme. The work-based learning comprises work placements within science and technology institutions relevant to the student’s discipline of a…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2002)
The role of skills and skills development through training in the contemporary economy is a matter of considerable academic and political debate. Public policy in many countries focuses on the development, through training, of what are seen as a high skills employment and business environment (Brown…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2001)
It is commonly argued that firms in the advanced industrial economies are experiencing incentives to refashion the organisation of production in the face of technological change and the intensification of product market competition. It is claimed that rigid Taylorist systems of work reorganisation a…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2001)
Although the flexible delivery of training in the workplace has become a favoured policy position for training authorities in both Britain and Australia, this article reviews research that indicates neither learners nor their workplaces are well prepared. Drawing on the author’s own research and tha…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2001)
This article discusses the results of a qualitative research study that examined clerical workers’ experiences of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in two retail banks, which were piloting Level 2 NVQs in Customer Services and Banking. The research suggests that the implementation of NVQs wi…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2001)
Apprenticeship systems have come under scrutiny in a number of European countries since the 1970s. The article describes the introduction of a standards-based approach to apprenticeship in the Republic of Ireland in 1994 and provides an assessment of its achievements in its first 5 years. Although t…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2001)
This article reports an exploration of the experiences and perceptions of apprentices, workplace host employers and off-the-job teachers engaged in an apprenticeship programme regarding the nature and contributions of on and off-the-job environments to apprentices’ learning. An interpretive (express…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2001)
This study researches the contributions made to the development of corporate capability when workers complete competency based workplace qualifications, such as the National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ) in eight United Kingdom organisations and the Vehicle Industry Certificate (VIC) in two Austra…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2001)
There are number of advantages to be gained from work experience programmes. For the enterprise they provide a cost effective source of skilled or semi-skilled labour and a means of screening potential employees. Whilst for the education institution they offer a ready source of practical experience …
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2001)
It is often argued that training and development offer the potential for trade unions to develop modern, cooperative bargaining strategies, far removed from the traditional adversarial agenda of the past. The article explores such concerns through a case study of training policies and practices in t…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2001)
While there is increasing emphasis on the idea that vocational education should equip students to think well, very little attention is paid in course design to messages from cognitive research that the quality of people’s subject knowledge influences their thinking about problems. The overall aim of…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2001)
This study examined effects of high school students’ (n = 4050) participation in work-based learning programmes representing School-To- Work (STW) initiatives on their activities 1 year after graduation. Work based learning offered some advantage to participants compared to nonparticipants. Specific…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2001)
This article examines what Foundation level GNVQ students say about their learning experience drawing on findings from a case study of staff and students involved in GNVQ programmes at a further education college. The college has a Foundation Studies department, where all Foundation level GNVQ is ta…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
This article reports some of the findings from a research project on students’ perceptions of education business link activity. Using a self report questionnaire, it contrasts student perspectives on the education business (EB) link activity in schools with ‘well-developed’ links with those having ‘…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
The main forces influencing vocational education and training (VET) systems are broadly the same in all countries. Based on interviews with heads of institutions, this article compares these forces and their possible consequences as they affect the development of further education (FE) colleges in E…
Published:Journal of Vocational Education and Training
(2000)
Many United Kingdom graduates face difficulties in securing suitable employment after leaving university and may take up to 3 years to reach a graduate level post. This situation applies widely and not only to those academic disciplines without obvious links to a particular job. Even those with voca…
