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Wond, Tracey; Rambukwella, Shan – Industry and Higher Education, 2018
This article explores the concept and measurement of placement value, underexplored in theory and practice to date. The article makes a theoretical contribution to the placement value discourse by examining and articulating the placement value concept. It also offers a practical contribution by exploring a piloted tool to evaluate employer…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Cost Effectiveness, Employer Attitudes, Internship Programs
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Acquah, Daniel K.; Limmer, Hayley; Malpass, Debra – Research Papers in Education, 2017
Recent policies in England have enacted significant changes to careers information advice and guidance (CIAG) and work-related learning (WRL). This paper offers insight into these changes from the perspective of young people studying engineering at University Technical Colleges (UTCs) as well as "comprehensive" schools. Face-to-face CIAG…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Guidance, Educational Change, Universities
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Russell, Lisa; Simmons, Robin; Thompson, Ron – Journal of Education and Work, 2011
This paper discusses the findings from a one-year ethnographic study of young people attending Entry to Employment (E2E) programmes in two local authorities in the north of England. The paper locates E2E within the broader context of provision for low-achieving young people and of UK government policy on reducing the proportion of young people who…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Public Policy