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Kraayvanger, G.; And Others – 1990
A study was conducted to document and analyze the financing flows and flows of people in adult vocational education in the Netherlands. The study sought to determine the following: (1) the activities geared to adult vocational education; (2) the flows of people into and out of adult vocational education; and (3) the financial flows, the allocation…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Continuing Education, Developed Nations, Educational Finance
Jagger, Nick; Aston, Jane – 2000
This report focuses on a study that examined skills, recruitment, and training issues covering the whole pharmaceutical industry. It presents mailed survey material complemented and enhanced by a series of telephone interviews and focus groups. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 deals with the structure of the sector and reports background…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Job Skills, Job Training
National Centre for Vocational Education Research, Leabrook (Australia). – 1999
A 1999 survey of employer views on vocational education and training (VET) interviewed 3,558 employers of recent VET graduates and 2,495 employers with no VET graduates. Focuses The focus was employers' characteristics, their general views on VET, and information on their organizations' training practices. Findings indicated the following: (1) the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Employer Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
Download full textMing, Marilyn; MacDonald, Gary – 1987
The purpose of the Rural Library Training Project was to design, implement, and evaluate a basic training curriculum for the staff of rural libraries in Alberta, Canada. This Phase Four Summative Report describes project activities carried out from April 1, 1986 through June 30, 1987. These activities included the completion of the field test, the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
Saunders, John – 2001
A study investigated linkages between adult community education (ACE) and mainstream vocational education and training (VET) in Australia, which enable people to move between the two sectors in their pursuit of vocational learning, and the ways in which linkages might be improved or new ones developed. The data from the study were derived from 69…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Articulation (Education), Community Education, Cooperative Planning
Allen, Anne Marie, Ed. – 2000
A survey of 456 further education (FE) colleges in England and Wales identified the FE sector's activities in providing effective training and development to smaller and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Of 120 colleges that responded, 87.5 percent provided direct training to SMEs; 79.2 percent were developing or acquiring teaching or training…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business Administration Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Schwencke, Helen – 1999
This report compiles information from a study tour to identify the current status, development, and issues of nonprofit organizations with voluntary boards of management that provide adult and community-based education (ACE) in Australia. An overview of the community-based ACE sector covers organizations in South Australia, Western Australia,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Education, Curriculum
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, Thessaloniki (Greece). – 2001
A study investigated the extent of e-learning learning supported by information and communication technologies (ICT) methods in vocational education and training (VET) in the European Union (EU). The survey conducted via the Internet received 653 replies from organizations in the EU. Just over 80 percent of respondents were suppliers or users of…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Course Content, Delivery Systems, Developed Nations
