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The Return on Investment (ROI) from Adult Education and Training In this policy paper, the authors contend that billions of dollars could be earned, saved and pumped back into the struggling economy as a result of investments in effective and efficient workforce development programs. Tags: Education - adult; Paper; Workforce development; Source: McGraw-Hill Research Foundation; |
| NEWS and ARTICLES | |
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International and National Factors Affecting School-To-Work Transition for At-RiskYouth in Canada: An Integrative Review This paper provides an integrative review on the unemployment of at-risk youth and their transition to adulthood within Canadian and international contexts. Tags: Risk perception; Target group: Youth; School-to-work transition; Canada; Article; Source: Canadian Journal of Career Development; |
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Educational upgrading and returns to skills in Latin America : evidence from a supply-demand framework, 1990-2010 This paper studies the evolution of wage differentials and the trends in the supply of workers by educational level for 16 Latin American countries between 1990 and 2000. The analysis estimates the relative contribution of supply and demand factors behind recent trends in skill premia for tertiary and secondary educated worker . Tags: Skills- mismatch training/workplace; Education - secondary; Education - higher; School-to-work transition; Trends analysis; Latin America; Paper; Source: World Bank; |
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Career Guidance in Higher Education Career guidance is a crucial factor in bridging the gap between higher education and the world of work, providing it is not solely focused on employability indicators. When understood as a process requiring strategic planning, assessment, professionalisation of the staff and commitment to a comprehensive education. In that respect, the role of career guidance in higher education is important to engage students and graduates in their own personal and professional development to the benefit of their communities. Tags: Career guidance; Education - higher; Article; Source: Coordination Régionale PACA; |
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The skills for our success Why we need to convince young people that becoming a tradesperson isn't just a 'consolation job. Tags: Best practice; Australia; Canada; Skills shortage; Article; Source: Canada Business; |
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Are medical students influenced by preceptors in making career choices, and if so how? A systematic review Increasingly medical students undertake clinical training in distributed learning environments. The driving factor for this is predominantly to address medical workforce shortages. In these environments students are often taught by private practitioners, residents, house staff and registrars, as well as faculty. The aim of this systematic review was to understand if and how medical students' career choices are influenced by their interactions with preceptors. Tags: Education - medical; Career choice; Target group: Preceptors; Target group: Medical students; Systematic review; Article; Source: Rural and Remote Health; |
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Labour and Workforce Development Strategic Planning 2009-2013 The vision of this plan will focus on fairness, safety and prosperity for all Nova Scotians by living, learning and working to their highest potential. Tags: Nova Scotia; Canada; Workforce development; Strategy 2009-2013; Document; Source: Government of Nova Scotia/Department of Labour and Advanced Education; |
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Secondary Teacher Policy Research in Thailand The knowledge and skills needed for Thailand to succeed is changing. There is demand for reform of the traditional teaching-learning process and supportive policies for teachers are needed to provide an environment conducive for improving access to quality education. Thailand strives to increase both the quality of existing education services and to expand education to reach universal secondary education. Tags: Skills assessment; Educational policy; Target group: Teachers; Education - secondary; Thailand; Document; Source: UNESCO; |
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Integrating new technologies into careers practice: Extending the knowledge base This report examines emerging structures for the delivery of services across the public, private and community sectors, together with the impact of ICT integration, especially for workforce development. Tags: Training - ICT; Training - workplace; Trends; Workforce development; Report; UK; Source: University of Warwick/Institute for Employment Research; |
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Options Study for the Long-term Evaluation of Apprenticeships The study assesses how to track young people and adults into Apprenticeships, through their training (including into any subsequent learning), and then into employment, in order to gauge the extent to which their future earnings and employment status (as well as other outcomes including progression to further learning, job satisfaction, acquisition of skills and mobility between jobs) were influenced by the completion of an Apprenticeship. Tags: Document; UK; School-to-work transition; Tool - evaluation; Apprenticeship; Source: UK Government/Department for Business Innovation and Skills; |
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Improving access to apprenticeship: strengthening state policies and practices This Policy Brief is a clearly written primer on what apprenticeships are and it deals in concrete terms with the challenges and opportunities for expanding apprenticeships across the country. Tags: Policy brief; Apprenticeship; US; Source: Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy; |
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Inefficiencies in Subsidising Training of Employees It is frequently proclaimed that government intervention is needed to stimulate job-related training of the workforce. This brief highlights results from recent studies that point to inefficiencies of training subsidies. Tags: Europe; Funding mechanism; Training - subsidies; Training - workplace; Article; Source: EENEE - European Expert Network on Economics of Education; |
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Skills for Employability, Economic Growth and Innovation: Monitoring the Relevance of Education and Training Systems The goal of this report is to identify the pivotal determinants and factors of employability related to education and training systems. Tags: European Union; Education and training systems; Employability; Analysis; Document; Source: EENEE - European Expert Network on Economics of Education; |
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Global Employment Trends 2012: Preventing a deeper jobs crisis The world faces the “urgent challenge” of creating 600 million productive jobs over the next decade in order to generate sustainable growth and maintain social cohesion. Young people continue to be among the hardest hit by the jobs crisis. Tags: Employment trend 2012; Annual report; Source: ILO - International Labour Organization; |
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The Decade After High School: A Professional's Guide The intent of this guide is to help young people and those who guide them, whether parents or career professionals, to understand the challenges facing high school graduates and the multiplicity of possible pathways they may follow when continuing their education and finding employment. Tags: School-to-work transition; Guide; Book; Source: CERIC - Canadian Education and Research Institute for Counselling; |
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Global education digest 2011: comparing education statistics across the world This edition of the Global Education Digest provides an overview of the status of secondary education with regard to access, equity, quality and financing. New indicators developed by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), which help to inform policy debates, are presented. Tags: Analysis - comparative; Indicators; Education access; Annual report 2011; Statistics; Source: UNESCO/Institute for Statistics (UIS); |
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Revision of the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) The International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) is a framework which allows for the standardized reporting of a wide range of policy relevant education statistics according to an internationally agreed set of common definitions and concepts thus ensuring cross-national comparability of resulting indicators. Tags: Indicators; International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED); Document; Source: UNESCO/Institute for Statistics (UIS); |
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| >> | Canada/Saskatchewan website.
IMMSKILLS This assessment service provides an avenue for foreign trained workers to have a pre-assessment prepared for their training credentials prior to immigrating or working for an employer in Saskatchewan and Canada. Tags: Target group: Foreign workers; Skills assessment; Saskatchewan; Canada; Web site; Source: IMMSKILLS; |
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Lifelong Learning Programme This online tool aims to help you identify potential projects partners in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP). The Lifelong Learning Programme aims to enable people at all stages of their lives to pursue stimulating learning opportunities across Europe. It is an umbrella programme integrating various educational and training initiatives. Tags: Europe; Ressources; Education - lifelong; Web site; Tools; Source: Lifelong Learning Programme project; |
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ALADIN: The Adult Learning Documentation and Information Network; directory of members, 2012 This current 2012 Directory of Members shows the detailed profiles of 96 adult learning documentation and information services from all regions of the world. Most of the ALADIN members are documentation centres, information services, libraries, archives, databases, networks and increasingly virtual libraries. Tags: Resources; Information services; Educational information; Education - adult; Directory; Source: UNESCO; |
