Effective Work Experience: An Exploratory Study of Strategies and Lessons from the United Kingdom's Engineering Education Sector.

Powell, Marcus

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Publication Date: 2001

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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

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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