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Insight, issue 19, August 2005

‘Insight’ is a quarterly newsletter published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) to p... Show more
‘Insight’ is a quarterly newsletter published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) to provide news and information on vocational education and training (VET) research and statistics. The articles in this issue include: NCVER synthesises recent adult literacy research; Students and courses 2004 results; Survey expands to include non-TAFE VET students; New job landscape requires different approach; Getting to grips with learning styles; Tailoring VET to the emerging labour market; Consultation helps build VET providers’ capability; Addressing skill shortages in the minerals sector; Older workers in New Apprenticeships; Making the most of tradition and technology. These brief articles provide information about recent research projects and new and forthcoming publications. Where documents are available online, web addresses (URLs) are provided and all reports are indexed in the VOCED database once they are published. The international article in this issue is ‘Charting a career essential to life’s journey’ which investigates career guidance. Show less

Corporate authors: National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)

Date: 2005

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Literacy; Participation ... [+] Show more
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Training skills jobs, vol. 3, no. 1, March 2001

This edition of the Western Australian (WA) Department of Training and Employment's bi-monthly publication profiles... Show more
This edition of the Western Australian (WA) Department of Training and Employment's bi-monthly publication profiles a wide range of services and programs delivered by the Department. These include the Access Career Service, highlighting the Training Info Centre; TAFE Admissions Centre's role in a new online service allowing applicants for full-time TAFE places to access their results before they receive their official letters; and the televising of Operation Livewire's Business Plan Development seminar series for country participants. Other article titles include: 'Celebration of Ngala Miya', covering the opening of a new Aboriginal centre at West Coast College of TAFE, Balga Campus, where programs will be run in a way that is appropriate to the Aboriginal culture; 'Careers on wheels', about the mobile career counselling and information caravan; 'VET represents value for money'; 'New life after TAFE'; 'Priority Access boosts apprenticeship'; 'Regional business to benefit'; and 'Training culture change'.
The Policy Update section discusses the latest Worley Update, commissioned research into the skill requirements of major WA resource development and infrastructure projects; and also discusses the South West training and employment needs study being carried out to determine the trends and developments impacting upon training priorities, employment shifts and development potential in the South West region over the next five years. Show less

Corporate authors: Western Australia. Department of Training and Employment

Date: 2001

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia; Western Australia

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Employment; Policy ... [+] Show more
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Journal of education and work, vol. 28, no. 4, August 2015

This special issue, titled 'Creative graduate pathways within and beyond the creative industries' is guest edited b... Show more
This special issue, titled 'Creative graduate pathways within and beyond the creative industries' is guest edited by Ruth Bridgstock, Ben Goldsmith, Jess Rodgers and Greg Hearn. Featured articles in this issue include: Creative graduate pathways within and beyond the creative industries / Ruth Bridgstock, Ben Goldsmith, Jess Rodgers and Greg Hearn (pages 333-345); Digital technology and creative arts career patterns in the UK creative economy / Roberta Comunian, Alessandra Faggian and Sarah Jewell (pages 346-368); Embedded creative workers and creative work in education / Ben Goldsmith and Ruth Bridgstock (pages 369-387); Creative work careers: pathways and portfolios for the creative economy / Daniel Ashton (pages 388-406); The careers of fine artists and the embedded creative / Charlotte Carey (pages 407-421); and The rise of the embedded designer in the creative industries / Katja Fleischmann and Ryan Daniel (pages 422-442). Show less

Date: 2015

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Students; Industry; Employment ... [+] Show more
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Good work hunting: in search of answers for the young and jobless

This series of articles is the result of the author's research into youth unemployment in Canada as the winner of t... Show more
This series of articles is the result of the author's research into youth unemployment in Canada as the winner of the journalism fellowship, the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy. Included in the series are articles about trades, skills shortages, social enterprise, and career education. Show less

Authors: Sandell, Neil

Date: 2012

Geographic subjects: Canada; North America; Spain ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Journal issue

Series name: Atkinson Public Policy Fellowship series

Subjects: Youth; Employment; Vocational education and training ... [+] Show more
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Broadcast, issue 68, Autumn 2005

The focus of this issue is successful learning and articles relating to this topic are: Successful learning / Phil ... Show more
The focus of this issue is successful learning and articles relating to this topic are: Successful learning / Phil Hodkinson, Fares Samara and Angus Allan (p. 3-7); Case study: determined to succeed / Diane Rawlinson (p. 4-9); Case study: not just the prize winners / David James (p. 10-11); Celebrating learning / Kathleen Tavers. Other topics covered in this issue are career guidance, professional development of college leaders and lecturers; employability, communities of practice in adult literacies and assessment as a positive tool in the learning process. Articles include: Career moves / Vivienne Brown (p. 17); Action learning: an effective method of professional development for the leaders of Scotland's colleges / Lesley Whelan and Karen Kerr (p. 24-25); Always room for learning: professional development opportunities at the University of Aberdeen / Lorna Stephen, Carole Gordon and Sarah Cornelius (p. 26-27); Promoting citizenship and employability / Kenneth Muir and John Bowditch (p. 33-34); Learning to work / Helen Gibson (p. 35-36); Learning together: communities of practice in adult literacies / Iain Guthrie (p. 37-38); Viewpoint: measuring up / Bob Robertson (p. 42-43); Viewpoint: assessment isn't everything / Stephen Shellard (p. 44-45); Student voice: valuing core skills / Denise Wallace (p. 46). Show less

Corporate authors: Scottish Further Education Unit (SFEU)

Date: 2005

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain; Scotland

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Literacy; Assessment; Communities of practice ... [+] Show more
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Educa: the digest for vocational education and training, no. 200, February 2000

This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vo... Show more
This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training issues in the United Kingdom and Europe. The feature article is 'Undercurrents of unease and a message of hope' by John Twining. Twining analyses four round table discussions with leading educational practitioners, sponsored by City and Guilds. There are also articles on assessment and qualifications, basic and key skills, educational management, employment, Europe, guidance, higher education, industrial training, information technology, lifelong learning, professional bodies, research and vocational preparation. Show less

Authors: Twining, John

Date: 2000

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Management; Assessment ... [+] Show more
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Educa: the digest for vocational education and training, no. 171, March 1997

This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vo... Show more
This digest, published each month except July and August, provides summaries of recent information pertaining to vocational education and training issues in the UK and Europe. This issue features Europe and includes the article: Priorities in Europe - aims and possible means / Christine Ward and other articles on assessment and qualifications, disadvantage, educational management, employment, Europe, further education, guidance, industrial training and information technology. Show less

Authors: Twining, John

Date: 1997

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Management; Assessment ... [+] Show more
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Skillset and match, issue 14, September 2018

This issue of Cedefop's magazine for promoting learning for work features interviews with Austria's Ministers for E... Show more
This issue of Cedefop's magazine for promoting learning for work features interviews with Austria's Ministers for Education Heinz Fassmann and for Digital and Economic Affairs Margarete Schrambock on future vocational education and training (VET) challenges in their country and Europe in general (pages 4-5). Other articles include: A world of opportunities / Rosy Voudouri (pages 6-7); VET learning outcomes: global challenges / Kosmas Panagiotidis (page 8); Engaged parents make a difference to career choices / Arja Krauchenberg (page 9); Present thoughts on future skills / Ilias Livanos (pages 10-13); Career choices and a policy dilemma / Rosy Voudouri interviews Ken Mayhew (pages 14-15); Occupation in focus: Metal and machinery workers (page 16); VET popularity increases among young people in Denmark / Refernet Denmark (page 17); EU civil society: official voice turns 60 / Eleonora Schmid (pages 18-19); Technology key to attracting the young to VET / Rosy Voudouri interviews Marcello Jose Pio (page 20); Cedefop web portal: focus on interactive content / Nancy Toussaint (page 21). The issue also contains information about the latest Cedefop publications and upcoming events. Show less

Corporate authors: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

Date: 2018

Geographic subjects: Europe; Austria; Denmark

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Career development; Youth ... [+] Show more
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Community college journal, vol. 76, no. 3, December 2005/January 2006

This issue of 'community college journal' focuses on the new generation of employees and the steps that colleges an... Show more
This issue of 'community college journal' focuses on the new generation of employees and the steps that colleges and business must take to maximise the training potential of the three distinct groups in the worker population (the baby boomers, Generation X and Generation Y). The articles include: The new generation of employees / W. Stanton Smith (p. 8-13); Developing a world-class workforce: transformation, not iteration / Jerrilee K. Mosier, Michael C. Richey, Kenneth B. McPherson, John O. Eckhol and Frank Z. Cox (p. 14-23); 100 years of reality learning / Nancy L. Simpher and Ron D. Wright (p. 24-31); Community college students truly live the magic / Stephanie Shook (p. 32-37); Global hubs and global nodes: challenging traditional views of communities, clusters and competitiveness / Richard Seline (p. 38-41); Vital partnerships for creative communities / Robert Lynch (p. 42-45); Community colleges for international development / Martin J. Hewitt and Ken Lee (p. 46-50); Collaborating for impact / Aimee Dobrzeniecki (p. 50-52); Manufacturing a 'good life' / Hayley Jorgenson (p. 53-55). Show less

Corporate authors: American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)

Date: 2005

Geographic subjects: North America; United States

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Innovation; Providers of education and training; Labour market ... [+] Show more
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TJ: training journal, November 2008

This issue includes the following training related articles: 'Analysing the skills gap' by Rachael McGahern (p. 20-... Show more
This issue includes the following training related articles: 'Analysing the skills gap' by Rachael McGahern (p. 20-21), in which the author reports on the Infobasis 2008 Skills Summit where the issue of the UK skills gap and how to address it was discussed; 'ICT training comes into focus for e-skills UK' by Elizabeth Eyre (p. 22), which reports on the latest quarterly review of the ICT [information and communication technology] labour market by e-skills UK, the sector skills council for the IT and telecommunications industry; 'Passionate about work-based learning' by Elizabeth Eyre (p. 24-26), in which the author speaks with the National Training Federation Wales (NTFW) chairman, Arwyn Watkins, who has pledged to make the NTFW the 'leading voice' in delivering work-based skills in Wales and to use its unique position to assist the Welsh Assembly Government's drive to improve the delivery of education and training in Wales; 'Brand planning your career' by Mike Barrett and Mark Simmonds (p. 37-41), in which the authors look at how product branding is relevant to career development; 'What 'type' of training do trainers like to deliver?' by Clare Howard (p. 43-47), which summarises the main findings of a survey run by Training Journal and Academy28 into the behavioural preferences of trainers, what impact they have on the design and delivery of training and whether they match the preferences of learners. Show less

Date: 2008

Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain; Wales

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Technology; Teaching and learning ... [+] Show more

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