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Download full textSeccombe, I.; Smith, G. – 1996
A survey of 6,000 registered nurses in membership in the Royal College of Nursing across the United Kingdom examined some key factors that determined the supply of nurses. A study of the UK nursing labor market indicated that the number of registered nurses has remained more or less static since the late 1980s. Rising demand appeared to be met by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Labor Needs, Labor Supply
Peer reviewedFoskett, Nicholas H.; Hemsley-Brown, Jane – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 1999
A study of British students in Years 6, 10, and 12 found that they base their understanding of careers and work on images from personal experience, adults, and the media. Career decisions are based on pragmatic, opportunistic factors, not well matched with supply and demand. A divergent, holistic approach to guidance should challenge their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, College Choice, Decision Making
CEDEFOP Flash, 1994
A 1993 study compared trends in the structure of qualifications for occupations related to the installation, management, and maintenance of computer networks in Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. Staff involved in networks required specialized new skills related to feasibility and design, installation,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Computer Networks, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
Lloyd, Caroline; Steedman, Hilary – 1999
This paper focuses on the demand for and supply of intermediate-level vocational skills within the United Kingdom (UK) economy. Using existing research from surveys and case studies, Part One argues that there is a lack of evidence that widespread intermediate-skill shortages exist within the expanding service sector. In the manufacturing sector,…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Demand Occupations, Developed Nations, Educational Needs
