Enhancing the university industry interface / guest editors Douglas Weir and John O'Donoghue.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Donoghue, John, 1946-

Weir, A. Douglas (Alexander Douglas)

Series:

Journal of European industrial training: a journal for HRD specialists ; v. 29, no. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human capital.

Personnel management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This special issue of the Journal of European Industrial Training is based around theProgramme for University-Industry Interface (PUII) located at the University ofLimerick (UL) in Ireland. The contributors are members of the project team and theirassociates and the editors are Douglas Weir, Chair of the project Academic AdvisoryBoard and John O'Donoghue of the UL, member of the project Executive Board.PUII stems from an initiative of the Irish Government in 2001 to support companyupskilling, postgraduate conversion courses and maintenance of the national ITinfrastructure. It is funded for the

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; A university response to the Irish national strategy to sustain graduate employment; The individual learner, employability and the workplace; Individuals and their employability; Technology-enhanced learning; Semantic social network portal for collaborative online communities; Organisational restructuring and downsizing: issues related to learning, training and employability of survivors; A cystems approach to training and complexity; About the authors;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-50926-0

9786610509263

1-84544-591-0

OCLC:

62592945