Table of contents - Special Issue: Apprenticeships: their role in economies and societies across the globe
Guest Editors: Erika Smith, Vikki Smith
Guest Editorial
Presents the special issue, which aims to explore some of the challenges that the apprenticeship system faces in different countries.
Shall I train your apprentice?: An empirical investigation of outsourcing of apprenticeship training in Switzerland
Belinda Walther, Jürg Schweri, Stefan C. WolterThe classical form of dual vocational training in Switzerland is on‐the‐job training combined with theoretical education in a school. In order to be an attractive educational…
Building Pathways: apprenticeships as a route to higher education
Tamsin Bowers‐Brown, David BerryThis paper aims to present apprentices’ perceptions of their opportunities for progressing to higher education. Data gained through semi‐structured interviews with apprentices is…
Addressing gender segregation in apprenticeships in England
Linda MillerThis paper aims to report findings from a UK study funded by the Equal Opportunities Commission to explore gender segregation in apprenticeships in five strongly segregated…
The gendered nature of apprenticeship: Employers’ and young people's perspectives
Alison Fuller, Vanessa Beck, Lorna UnwinGender segregation has been a persistent feature of apprenticeship programmes in countries around the world. In the UK, the Modern Apprenticeship was launched ten years ago as the…
Apprenticeships in Germany: modernising the Dual System
Thomas Deissinger, Silke HellwigThis paper proposes to investigate the modernisation of the German Dual System for apprenticeships.
The National Directorate of Employment's Open Apprenticeship Scheme in Nigeria: New wine in old wineskins?
Usiwoma Evawoma‐Enuku, Mike MgborThe paper aims to review the National Open Apprenticeship Scheme and how it has fulfilled its mandate of promoting skill acquisition and youth employment in Nigeria, in the 17…
Registered apprenticeship training in the US construction industry
Robert W. Glover, Cihan BilginsoyThis paper aims to compare the performance of building trades apprenticeship programs in the USA, sponsored jointly by employers and unions, with those sponsored unilaterally by…
Exploring the notion of retention in apprenticeship
Roger Harris, Michele SimonsProposes to provide a description of the factors that underlie retention and to develop a model of the process of retention.
The business benefits of apprenticeships: the English employers’ perspective
Rod KenyonThis paper seeks to present the Apprenticeships Task Force's (ATF's) evaluation of the business case for recruiting and training apprentices. The focus is on whether they provide…
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0040-0912Online date, start – end:
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- Dr Martin McCracken