Education + Training: Volume 36 Issue 2

Matching Skills: A Question of Demand and Supply

Peter Thompson, David Guile

Focuses on the emerging skill needs of BT′s future employees and relatesthem to the current outputs of the UK′s education and training system.Based on extensive action research…

Sandwich Placements: Improving the Learning Experience – Part 2

Tom Bourner, Mary Ellerker

Seeks to assess the effectiveness of introducing action learning intosandwich placements. Builds on the rationale for, and organization of,the initiative established in Part 1 and…

Ancient Greece, MBAs, the Health Service and Georg: Part 1

Bob Garvey

Highlights the key elements of a mentor scheme which is running tosupport the NHS students on the part‐time MBA programme at DurhamUniversity Business School. Outlines the…

Integrating IT into the Human Resource Management Curriculum: Pain or Pleasure?

Sue Shaw

Looks at the role of education providers in influencing human resourcepractitioner attitudes to and use of information technology. Examinesthe recent trends in IT usage in the…

Vocational Education and Industry Training in Australia

Alastair A. Anderson

Australia is at a watershed in her economic history. The prosperitycharacteristic of the post‐war era has vanished. In 1994 the Australianeconomy is just beginning to emerge from…