...Christine Bieri Buschor; Esther Forrer; Katharina Maag Merki This article presents some of the initial results of the National Young Adult Survey (YAS), which is currently collecting data on the cross‐curriculum competencies of 14,905 18‐ to 22‐year‐olds in Switzerland. Young adults show...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Students Surveys Keywords Students, Surveys Some 80 per cent of the 100,000 students selected each year to take part in the EU Erasmus Exchange Programme are the first members of their family to study abroad, according to a survey carried out...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Women Undergraduates Surveys Keywords Women, Undergraduates, Surveys The EU statistics office, Eurostat, has produced figures showing the percentage of women students in higher education in Europe by area of study. Women are most strongly...

... of the British economy. The study upon which this paper is based involved three complementary research methods. It included an investigative telephone survey during which attitudinal, sectoral and compositional data on training were collected from 2,000 randomly selected businesses from the West Midlands region...

...J.R. Shackleton Introduces the concept of non‐company‐based vocational training in Germany and assesses the impact of vocational training without work experience. Provides primary research results drawn from a representative survey of eastern German trainees in company and non‐company‐based...

...Chris Velde; Tom Cooper; Rod Gerber Reports on the results of a survey with training officers addressing education training needs of Australia’s Adult and Community Education sector. The responses show that training officers believe that this sector is rapidly growing, is important to the economic...

... frameworks for considering these areas of evaluation in more detail. Points out that effective evaluation of all these areas depends on the use of a number of different methods, including interviews, surveys and case studies. In conclusion, highlights some move critical issues about determining the overall...

... support, advice, provide a forum for disseminating ideas and information, and could identify contacts and assist in developing new programmes. Reports briefly on a survey which aimed to collect basic data on mentoring in the UK, and revealed that 95 programmes are currently in operation, with others...

... were shown in two ways. The research reported here is based on the results of a postal survey,conducted during 1992, of all colleges providing IPM courses. This was supplemented by visits to six educational institutions which provided these courses to discuss the issues at first hand...