... as unemployed. Table I shows the destination of school leavers and indicates that the proportion of those identified as NEETs peaked in 2003 and has fallen to under 5 per cent within eight years. The data also indicates the significant increase in the number of school leavers who have entered full time...

... expressed each specific addressed aspect. Jonas Masdonati can be contacted at: jonas.masdonati@fse.ulaval.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 School leavers Vocational training Learning Switzerland In Switzerland, since 1990 the school‐to‐work transition has become...

...Eric Smith; Laura Bonica; Viviana Sappa Purpose The purpose of this study is to discuss conditions in support of a Competent Self in the broader process of the school‐work transition, particularly regarding early school‐leavers. Design/methodology/approach A total of 233 early school‐leavers...

... of the evaluation was to determine supportive as well as inhibiting conditions of this mentoring programme, to analyse the relationships between mentors and pupils and to identify the potential for improvement of this mentoring programme. School leavers Jobs Transition management Uncertainty management...

... of this in Switzerland is given by an increased number of school leavers engaging in courses to bridge the gap between obligatory and post‐obligatory education (Meyer, 2003), higher rates in youth unemployment (Meins and Morlock, 2004) and larger numbers of young people depending on social welfare (Drilling and Christen...

... for current debates on transitions and the expectations of school leavers. Since the turn of the last century the Leicester economy has been synonymous with three main industrial manufacturing groups – engineering, textiles and clothing and footwear manufacture. In the mid‐1960s these “three industrial...

... Further information is available from the Directorate-General for the Information Society, European Commission, 200 rue de la Loi, B-1049 Brussels,Belgium. E-mail eeurope@cec.eu.int ; Tel:+32 2 299 9399. By the end of 2002, all school leavers should have received training in new...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> School leavers Skills Aptitudes Sheffield Passport to Success launched Keywords: School leavers, Skills, Aptitudes, Sheffield A scheme has been launched to give Sheffield school leavers a better understanding of the abilities needed...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Learning Information technology Training School leavers Higher education Developing countries What Next: a Complete Guide to Post-School Choices Joanna GriggKogan Page2001£9.99ISBN 0749434643 Keywords: Learning, Information...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Learning Information technology Training School leavers Higher education Developing countries The Online Learning Handbook: Developing and Using Web-based Learning Alan Jolliffe, Jonathan Ritter and David StevensKogan Page2001£24.99ISBN...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Learning Information technology Training School leavers Higher education Developing countries Quality Assurance in Higher Education: a Study of Developing Countries David LimAshgate2001£37.50ISBN 0754617122 Keywords: Learning...

... Learning Information technology Training School leavers Higher education Developing countries Everything You Ever Needed to Know About Training (2nd ed.) Kaye Thorne and David MackeyKogan Page2001£18.99ISBN 0749434635 Keywords: Learning, Information technology,Training...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Learning Information technology Training School leavers Higher education Developing countries Other publications The Learning Society and People with Learning Difficulties Sheila Riddell, Stephen Baron and Alastair WilsonThe Polity...

...James A. Athanasou The educational achievements of a representative national sample of Australian school‐leavers were examined after leaving school. The study was part of the longitudinal Youth in Transition study – a national probability sample of Australian youth. There was sufficient evidence...

... and beyond. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Schools Training School leavers Young people In a recent Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) report it is pointed out that: “Life skills” can be viewed as consisting of cognitive and behavioural components which through their integration...

... and expectations (for references see Portes, 1998). School leavers Career development Colleges Social economics India In the analysis of social demand for higher education, there is a need to understand the formation of expectations and their relation to post‐school choice. The concept...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Quality of working life School leavers Young people have high hopes of working life Keywords: Quality of working life, School leavers Around 85 per cent of 14-15 year olds in the UK are looking forward to starting their working life...

...Linda Callear Contains findings of a study carried out to explore employers′views about TVEI school‐leavers and the impact of TVEI on their employability and career progression, and assesses TVEI school‐leavers who moved into employment and training at the end of their time in compulsory education...

...Michael Nicholson; Dennis Moss A study has been made of employers′perceptions of the desired skills and values to be displayed by secondary school leavers in the Bristol area. Five major companies in a single locality provided the information by in‐depth discussions. These perceptions were...

...Rodney Swailes In 1989, British subsidiary Hoechst UK introduced five scholarship awards to school leavers, to attend the two‐year vocational training course at Hoechst AG in Germany. A brief description of the training scheme is included, which follows the West German vocational training scheme...