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Direct linkSansom, Chris; Shore, Paul – Education & Training, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how science and engineering graduates can be recruited and trained to Masters level in precision engineering as an aid to reducing the skills shortage of mechanical engineers in UK industry. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes a partnership between three UK academic institutions and industry,…
Descriptors: Manufacturing Industry, Engineering, Case Studies, Mechanical Skills
Furnham, Adrian – Learning & Individual Differences, 2004
In all 245 British adults provided self- and parental estimates on a normal IQ distribution scale of the 20 second-order abilities identified by Cattell [Cattell, R. (1971). "Abilities: Their structure, growth and action." New York: Houghton Mifflin] as well as their and their parents' overall (g) IQ. After controlling for age,…
Descriptors: Lay People, Gender Differences, Factor Structure, Intelligence Quotient
