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  Mapping Provision

  The Provision of and Participation in Further Education by Students with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities

  Meager N | Dec 1996 | The Further Education Funding Council / The Stationery Office

  This publication is no longer available.

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  Teleworking and Gender

  Huws U, Podro S, Gunnarsson E, Weijers T, Arvanitaki K, Trova V | Sep 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

  Teleworking is becoming an increasingly important part of working life. But does it makes a positive or a negative contribution to sexual equality? Ursula Huws has been studying teleworking for nearly two decades. Here, she and her colleagues review the evidence and present the results of a unique survey which, for the first time, compares the experiences of male and female teleworkers from the same occupational group.

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  Developing Responsiveness

  College-Employer Interaction

  Rawlinson S, Connor H | Jan 1996 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This publication is no longer available. IES investigated the nature of interaction between colleges and employers, and the factors promoting or inhibiting success. The study was commissioned jointly by the Further Education Funding Council, the Council for Industry and Higher Education, and the Department for Education and Employment. The work was carried out during 1995 and involved interviews with 75 employers, five TECs, and staff and students from 19 colleges. This report presents the findings, and provides a functional model for the management and development of college interaction with employers.

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  Contemporary Issues in Industrial Relations: Implications for WIRS

  Atkinson J, Hillage J, Thompson M | Dec 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This publication is no longer available.

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  Skills Requirements and Priorities in the Environmental Sciences

  Court G, Jagger N, Moralee J | Oct 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This report assesses the labour market for environmental scientists with postgraduate qualifications. It looks first at trends in the number of individuals leaving university with qualifications in the environmental sciences and the kinds of work they do. This publication is no longer available.

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  Winners and Losers

  Funding Issues for the Training of People with Special Training Needs

  Meager N | Oct 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This publication highlights genuine concern felt by TECs and voluntary organisations in the delivery of training provision for those with special training needs. It is the first substantive piece of work to demonstrate the impact of changes in the publicly funded training market on the volume and quality of provision for STN groups and others at disadvantage in the training market. This publication is no longer available.

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  Women in the Labour Market

  Two Decades of Change and Continuity

  Court G | Sep 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  This report summarises the main trends and issues in women's employment in the two decades up to 1995. It provide information on economic activity, full-time and part-time work, industrial and occupational change, pay and women's educational attainment. This is followed by a discussion on the extent to which women remained at a disadvantage in the labour market.

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  The IES Annual Graduate Review, 1995-1996

  Court G, Jagger N, Connor H | Aug 1995 | Institute for Employment Studies

  The 1995-1996 Review looked at the characteristics of the student population, the changing context for higher education, and graduate employment prospects. It outlined major issues in graduate recruitment, and included information on what graduates do when they leave university and the kinds of jobs they enter. This publication is no longer available.