Journal of European Industrial Training: Volume 16 Issue 10

The Organization′s Role in Employment Training

Paul Joyce, Adrian Woods

The UK Government started Employment Training (ET), a programme forunemployed people, in September 1988. It quickly became established as amajor programme; in February 1992 there…

Competence‐based Qualifications: The Case for Established Methodologies

Jim Stewart, Bob Hamlin

The second in a series of three articles which provide acontribution to the debate in the UK on the appropriateness ofcompetence‐based qualifications. Identifies and emphasizes…

Training Evaluation: A Procedure for Validating an Organization′s Investment in Training

Roger A. Plant, Robert J. Ryan

At a time when industrial expense is under great pressure,particularly training budgets, it is of great importance that trainingis carefully focused, to ensure that organizations…

Supporting New Small Business Start‐ups

Ian Chaston

To increase survival rates in the small and medium‐sizedmanufacturing enterprise (SME) sector, Devon and Cornwall TEC sought toenhance the support provided to individuals wishing…