Higher standards of schooling and of vocational training are now widely recognized as essential in Britain if benefits are to be gained from advanced technology, and if unemployment rates are to be reduced. The continuing development of automated production methods, combined with increasing competition from low-wage developing economies, is likely to reduce even further the scope for the employment of low skilled and inexperienced personnel in advanced economies. This book provides a realistic analysis of what needs to be done, based on visits over the past ten years by expert teams to matched samples of manufacturing plants in Britain and the European Continent, as well as to schools and vocational colleges. It explains why government policies need to move even further, and in which directions those policies should move.
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This book offers the first comprehensive account of ten years of research into the problem of the training, employment and productivity of low-skilled personnel in advanced economies. It explains why government policies need to move even further than they have done so far, and in which directions these policies must next move.
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Education and training have appeared in the past decade as issues of great public and political concern in Britain; but the truth is that these issues were evident in Britain over a century ago, particularly to manufacturers close to international competition, as well as to certain more far-sighted economic observers - including the great Cambridge economist Alfred Marshall. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intermediate vocational qualifications, attainment range, workforce qualifications, craft qualifications, intermediate qualifications, weaker pupils, mathematical attainments, craft level, schooling attainments, university qualifications, technician level, vocational subjects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Education and training have appeared in the past decade as issues of great public and political concern in Britain; but the truth is that these issues were evident in Britain over a century ago, particularly to manufacturers close to international competition, as well as to certain more far-sighted economic observers - including the great Cambridge economist Alfred Marshall. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
intermediate vocational qualifications, attainment range, workforce qualifications, craft qualifications, intermediate qualifications, weaker pupils, mathematical attainments, craft level, schooling attainments, university qualifications, technician level, vocational subjects Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
National Curriculum, National Institute, United States, National Diploma, Cockcroft Committee, Key Stages, West Germany, Western European New!
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- The National Curriculum. Key Stages 1 and 2: Handbook for Primary Teachers in England by Department For Education &. Employment on 14 pages
- Department of Employment: Financial Controls in Training and Enterprise Councils in England: [Hc]: [1994-95]: House of Commons Papers: [1994-95] by Great Britain on 4 pages
- Productivity and Industrial Structure (National Institute of Economic and Social Research Economic and Social Studies) by Prais in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Engineering Our Future: Summary: Committee of Inquiry Report into the Engineering Profession. Chmn.Sir M.Finniston by Great Britain in Back Matter
- An Economist among Mandarins (National Institute of Economic and Social Research Economic and Social Studies) by Kit Jones in Back Matter
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- Productivity, Innovation and Economic Performance (National Institute of Economic and Social Research Economic and Social Studies) by Ray Barrell on page 37, and page 56
- Britain's Economic Performance by Tony Buxton on page 295, and page 394
- Innovation, Investment and the Diffusion of Technology in Europe: German Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Postwar Europe (National Institute ... Social Research Economic and Social Studies) by Ray Barrell on page 43, and Back Cover
- Rethinking Careers Education and Guidance: Theory, Policy and Practice by Ruth Hawthorn on page 22
- Sources of Productivity Growth (National Institute of Economic and Social Research Occasional Papers) by David G. Mayes in Back Cover
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