This careers strategy is part of the plan to make Britain fairer, improve social mobility and offer opportunity to everyone. The ambitious, modern Industrial Strategy sets out a long-term plan to boost national productivity and the earning power of people throughout the country. Britain wants every person, no matter what their background is, to be…

Address given in London by the former Minister of State for Employment, outlining plans for a national training service; chart included. (SP)

A review of craft apprentice training in Great Britain has been carried out by the training board, based on the reports of its regional training officers, on discussions with electricity board training staff, and on the comments received from the industry through the concordat procedure. As a result of the review, certain specific matters were…

In Great Britain, apprenticeship is regarded as the traditional means of entry into skilled occupations. Covers some apprenticeship characteristics, arguments for and against apprenticeships, efforts made by Industrial Training Boards to improve the quality of apprentice training, and training criteria that must be met for government funding of…

The education and training provision set out in this recommendation are designed to develop suitable entrants to electricity boards for responsibilities as engineers in generation and transmission in Great Britain. The first objective is therefore to provide the trainee with the knowledge necessary to undertake a specific appointment immediately…

This recommendation is complementary to recommendation 30, (CE 001 037) on professional training, and preserves the opportunities for transfer which have always been part of the British Electricity Supply Industry Board's schemes. The two together supersede the sections of Recommendation 5 that refer to the education and training of generation and…

IN 1964-65, THE INDUSTRIAL MANPOWER PROJECT MADE A PILOT STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF BRITISH INDUSTRIAL FIRMS AND THE EDUCATION OF THEIR WORKERS. THROUGH INTENSIVE STUDY OF FIVE FIRMS, AGE-EARNINGS PROFILES FOR VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL LEVELS WERE DRAWN UP, WITH SUFFICIENT INFORMATION TO DRAW UP TENTATIVE PROFILES FOR…

The paper is concerned with determining from a large sample of British industrial workers, whether there is an unconditional relationship between job specialization and worker dissatisfaction, or a relationship contingent on middle-class work values. The recent work literature includes three contradictory propositions relating job specialization…

A British project explored ways further education colleges could help meet training needs of small businesses, specifically the small plant and tool hire industry. The industry's leading organization, the Hire Association of Europe (HAE), provided a list of members; responsibility for making contact rested with the colleges. The most effective…

This book contains 12 papers that were produced as a result of a seminar program on selected issues central to the debate over job training in Great Britain. The first paper, "Why We Need a Training Reform Act" (Richard Layard, Ken Mayhew, Geoffrey Owen), examines existing deficiencies in vocational education and training in Britain and…