...Professor Harry Matlay; Paul Jones; Anne Colwill Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an evaluation of the impact of the Young Enterprise Wales (YEW) programme on its participants. YEW represents the Wales region of the programme which is an annual competition to assist 15-19-year...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 This paper extends from a qualitative PhD study, which presented 16 case studies of the life stories of graduate entrepreneurs in Wales (Edwards, 2011). Following a constructivist philosophy, the aim of the study was to evaluate and present new meaning...

... programmes explicitly suited to non‐traditional learners in an area of high social deprivation. UHOVI is a strategic partnership backed by the Welsh Assembly Government and the European Social Fund, between the University of Glamorgan and University of Wales, Newport. The purpose of the project...

...Ian Roffe Purpose This paper aims to examine the variety of approaches to curriculum development for enterprise education developed for schools, further, and higher education under an Entrepreneurship Action Plan in Wales and to consider the sustainability issues for delivery in these sectors...

..., a still small moment within an ongoing change process? Findings The paper presents findings from the E‐College Wales (ECW) project, looking at the disruptive effect on such a learning organisation from student, staff and management perspectives. It concludes by moving the focus from the e‐intensive...

..., externally‐provided training. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected via semi‐structured interviews with senior managers, observation and documentary analysis in 25 small firms in South Wales. Follow‐up interviews with employees were conducted in nine of these firms. Findings The findings...

... and background, determine what factors have most influence. The research focused on three target groups in England and Wales: 1. Potential entrants. A sample of 223 students at 20 colleges and schools in low-higher-education-participation neighbourhoods. 2. Recent entrants...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Employment Wales Training Economics Keywords: Employment, Wales, Training, Economics A new employer body has been set up to advise the new Welsh assembly on the skills needed to boost employment and prosperity in Wales. The Council...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Colleges Education Skills Wales Education for Industry initiative Keywords Colleges, Education, Skills, Wales Some £3.5 million for the Education for Industry initiative has been allocated by the Further Education Funding Council...