Engineering Skills Formation in Britain: Cyclical and Structural Issues. Towards a National Skills Agenda. Skills Task Force Research Paper 7.

Autor/in	Mason, Geoff
Titel	Engineering Skills Formation in Britain: Cyclical and Structural Issues. Towards a National Skills Agenda. Skills Task Force Research Paper 7.
Quelle	(1999), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Apprenticeships; Business Cycles; Change Strategies; Delivery Systems; Education Work Relationship; Educational Attainment; Educational Change; Educational Demand; Educational Improvement; Educational Needs; Educational Quality; Employment Patterns; Employment Qualifications; Engineering Education; Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Information Needs; Job Skills; Labor Economics; Labor Market; Labor Needs; Labor Supply; Labor Turnover; Needs Assessment; Policy Formation; Recruitment; Salary Wage Differentials; Skill Development; Supply and Demand; Systems Approach; Technical Education; Technical Institutes; Technical Occupations; Technological Advancement; Trend Analysis; Universities; Work Environment; Work Experience; United Kingdom (Great Britain) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Apprenticeship; Lehre; Lösungsstrategie; Auslieferung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Bildungsreform; Bildungsanforderung; Bildungsnachfrage; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Ingenieurausbildung; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Information need; Informationsbedürfnis; Produktive Fertigkeit; Arbeitsökonomie; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Labour Supply; Arbeitskräfteangebot; Bedarfsermittlung; Politische Betätigung; Recruiting; Rekrutierung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Bedarfsplanung; Systemischer Ansatz; Technikunterricht; Technische Fakultät; Technical occupation; Technischer Beruf; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Trendanalyse; University; Universität; Arbeitsmilieu; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung
Abstract	Cyclical and structural issues in engineering skills formation in Great Britain were studied through a review of recent employment patterns, income patterns, employment projections, recent trends in education and training, and recent developments in technology and work organization. The review focused on the following issues: (1) the extent and nature of mismatches between the supply of and demand for engineering skills; (2) the extent to which engineering skill problems are cyclical as opposed to structural; and (3) the adequacy of current arrangements for engineering education and training. The following were among the main conclusions: (1) engineering skill problems are most apparent when they manifest in the form of external recruitment difficulties at the peak of each business cycle; (2) long-term trends in training levels and recruitment difficulties in the past 3 decades reflect structural rather than merely cyclical weaknesses in the British system of engineering training; (3) recent changes in markets and work organizations have significantly increased engineering employers' expectations of graduates; and (4) one way to expand modern apprenticeship (MA) numbers would be to develop preapprenticeship courses to prepare underqualified 16- and 17-year-olds for later entry to MA schemes. (Fourteen tables/figures are included. The bibliography lists 34 references.) (MN)
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