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Ferguson, Clive – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
The attribute focus in engineering education now adopted by the engineering education accrediting bodies of the US, UK and Australia is based on meeting the assumed needs of professional practice. It is associated with an increasing expectation by employers of work-ready graduates rather than relying on subsequent work-based learning and…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Industry, Engineering, Foreign Countries
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Clark, Gordon; Higgitt, Martin – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1997
Reports on a survey of geographers who graduated 1, 5, and 10 years ago from different British universities. The students identified the features of their geography training that had been of greatest value to them in their career and pinpointed aspects that could have been better developed. (MJP)
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Educational Experience, Employment Experience, Employment Patterns
Jackson, C.; Hayday, S. – 1997
The career attitudes of professionally qualified accountants from the six major accountancy bodies in the United Kingdom and Ireland were examined through a survey of a sample structured so that a minium of 100 men and 100 women were chosen from the membership of each professional body. Of the 1,478 questionnaires mailed, 745 (50.4%) were included…
Descriptors: Accountants, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education