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Survey on National Vocational Qualifications in Engineering, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The principal objectives of the study were to assess:
awareness and take up of NVQs among engineering companies; the implications of designing qualifications to meet NCVQ requirements; the effects of NVQs on the quality and quantity of training in the engineering industry; the extent to which the NVQ...
Creation and Collapse of an Occupational Community, the Case of Sheerness Naval Dockyard, 1950-1980
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.
This study aimed to provide support for other, parallel, research on aspects of the contemporary labour market of the Isle of Sheppey. It focused on the Naval Dockyard which had dominated the labour market and the social life of Sheerness, the Island's principal town, until its closure in 1960. The...
Art and Industry in the Eighteenth Century
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The general purpose of the project was to identify a shift from the mid-eighteenth century in the connections between art and manufacture in England, and to plot the emergence of a distinctive style and range of new English consumer goods. Specifically, the project was intended to produce a case study of...
Employers' Manpower and Skills Practices Survey (EMSPS), 1990-1991
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This dataset explores employers' skill formation practices, including their skill needs, recruitment practices, training and other employee related activities.
Users requiring the WIRS data to accompany this dataset should order SN:2858 <i>Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, 1990</i>.Main...
Wages and Prices in Scotland, c.1580-1780
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The principal purpose of this study was to counter the long-term neglect of Scottish price history by undertaking a thorough and systematic search of the principal Scottish archives. The main focus was on agricultural commodity prices and both urban and rural wages.Main Topics:The focus of data...
For What it's Worth
By relying on a mixed-methods, comparative approach, this study aims to
understand the evaluation of experts (interviews) in the goldsmith field as well as of visitors (survey) to jewelry fairs in the Netherlands and Germany.
The data of this research derives from interviews and surveys. Two sets of semistructured interviews with seven experts in the goldsmith field in the...
Database of Irish Historical Statistics : Miscellaneous (Famine Relief), 1846-1847
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of the project was to provide machine-readable economic and social history statistics relating to the whole of Ireland for the period 1821-1971. Further information about the project is available on the QUB Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis website.
Main Topics:The main tables are:
The...
Sources of Recruitment Information and Publicity Reaching Recently Recruited Apprentices to Coal Mining
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To measure the extent to which information about jobs has reached recently recruited apprentices, with the object of making coalfield and area comparisons of the effectiveness of the different sources.Main Topics:Variables
Data are given on the effectiveness of: a) information received as a result of...