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ERIC Number: EJ642375
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1363-6820
Effective Work Experience: An Exploratory Study of Strategies and Lessons from the United Kingdom's Engineering Education Sector.
Powell, Marcus
Journal of Vocational Education & Training, v53 n3 p421-41 2001
Interviews with 34 engineering education representatives indicated that traditional "sandwich" programs of year-long industry placement are changing. The present market-oriented policy environment provides few incentives to develop effective work experience programs or industry-education linkages. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Job Placement, Program Effectiveness, School Business Relationship, Student Employment, Work Experience Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Sandwich Courses; United Kingdom