The rapid change in the economic environment has not resulted in the development of
sophisticated human resource management practices in the UK construction industry. There …

It is widely agreed that the post-16 curriculum in England and Wales is inadequate, mainly
due to the successive reforms of various governments. YTS was a reaction to problems of …

Taking a critical perspective, Skill, Training and Human Resource Development focuses on
the way people are developed at work; the skills that are encouraged, the way they are …

During the 1980s and 1990s the elaboration of a reformed system of vocational
qualifications was perhaps the most controversial of all the governments efforts to improve …

In the last decade we have witnessed the advance of the competence movement across all
spheres and levels of post-16 education and training, but its penetration is deepest in the …

This article looks at the link between the established tradition of a nation's vocational training
system and the specific pattern of state or government involvement in the process of skill …

With the coming of the European Common Market vocational education and training have
become an issue of general concern. As European societies perceive that both the quantity …

For the past six years Anglia Polytechnic University has been working in partnership with
Essex Social Services Department and (for three years) with Ford Motor Company in …

In the last decade we have witnessed the advance of the competence movement across all
spheres and levels of post-16 education and training, but its penetration is deepest in the …

The ongoing skills crisis in the UK construction industry has constrained the productive
capacity of the industry. Past research and skills policies have largely failed to develop an …