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Graduate supply and demand
Welcoming the initiative of Leverhulme Trust, BP and Shell UK Limited with the Council for Industry and Higher Education (CIHE) in funding the new Institute of Manpower Studies…
Editorial — We can manage without a new charter
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA), which recently opposed plans for a Chartered Managers' body in the UK, has joined with four other kindred…
A Fillip for youth
National concern over the training and development of young people for industry has grown in proportion with the demographic decline of school‐leavers. The Government, industry…
Suffolk schools industry project
In 1986 Minister of Education, Kenneth Baker, threw down the gauntlet to all involved in British industry, commerce and education, challenging their spirit of enterprise. Schemes…
The College for Financial Planning
The College for financial planning was established to providecontinuous educational and training facilities to all firms andindividuals offering detailed financial planning advice…
Improving Vocational Training
Graham FowlerThe new vocationalist policies, exemplified by YTS, do virtuallynothing to foster economic development. Such moves are very different tothe vocational training of apprenticeships…
A Business Degree for the 1990s
Kathy MonksThe undergraduate business degree in the Dublin Business School wasredesigned in 1988. The degree content and structure were changed toequip business graduates with the knowledge…
A torch for Birmingham
The Skill Olympics were first held in 1950 with the aim of producing excellence in industrial and service skills. This year the United Kingdom is privileged to be the host nation…
Student opportunities in Europe
Three new programmes, running through to 1990, are now in place within the European Community and will involve tens of thousands of young people. The education and training of the…
The Mancunian quintet
The Greater Manchester Consortium for Advanced Continuing Education and Training (CONTACT) — a partnership of Manchester and Salford Universities, Manchester Polytechnic, UMISTand…
Employment Training in Engineering
The main aspects of the Employment Training are noted and the roleof employers in the scheme. The application of this method of trainingto the engineering industry is considered.
Calling Schools to Account
Brian W. BellA discussion of the reform of school governing bodies withparticular reference to financial accountability and the effect theEducation Reform Act will have upon the success or…
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