http://hdl.handle.net/2428/5367 Search the Channel search http://arrts.gtcni.org.uk/gtcni/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/2428/13839 Title: Potential Skills Shortages in the NI IT and Electronic Engineering Sectors and Inequalities in Educational Uptake<br/><br/>Authors: Osborne, Bob; Shuttleworth, Ian<br/><br/>Abstract: The Report draws attention to a number of factors which impact on career decisions and in the case of the sectors in question identified subject choice at secondary school level as the major influence. The research showsthat disproportionately fewer women, and to a much lesser extent Catholics, have been taking Maths and Science subjects at ‘A’ level. In the case of the latter group the difference has been narrowing over time.Interestingly the Report shows that females fared better at Maths and Science than did boys, that the fall-off can be found between GCSE and ‘A’ level, and that fewer females achieving the necessary entry-levelqualifications apply for IT and Electronic Degree courses.Interestingly the Report shows that females fared better at Maths and Science than did boys, that the fall-off can be found between GCSE and ‘A’ level, and that fewer females achieving the necessary entry-level qualifications apply for IT and Electronic Degree courses. http://hdl.handle.net/2428/5373 Title: Department for Employment and Learning Research Agenda 2004-2007<br/><br/>Authors: DEL<br/><br/>Abstract: The Department’s research agenda sets out a number of research aims and areas which it would wish to pursue over the forth coming years. The purpose of this is to further coordinate the approach within the Department towards commissioning research as well as facilitating an additional and comprehensive evidence base for policy development. The document also includes at Annex 1 a brief summary of some of the recent NI focused research that is currently available. http://hdl.handle.net/2428/5371 Title: The progression of students achieving general national vocational qualifications (GNVQ) intermediate level in 1997<br/><br/>Authors: DEL<br/><br/>Abstract: The report presents the final outcomes from the three yearly project stages of monitoring the progression and destinations of the 364 graduates of the GNVQ Intermediate in 1997 who responded to the questionnaire sent via participating schools and colleges in Northern Ireland.The overall aim of the project was to inform future policy on the development ofprogrammes for students achieving a GNVQ Intermediate qualification in order toprepare them for study at GNVQ Advanced and NVQ levels 2 or 3. The major objectiveof the project, in monitoring and identifying progression patterns, was to focus particularly on routes to vocational education or training over the three year period and to identify the characteristics, including additional studies, of Intermediate programmes which enabled students to achieve success in GNVQ Advanced and Jobskills mainstreamprogrammes. The three-year period of monitoring enabled the project to examinedestinations beyond GNVQ Advanced and Jobskills including employment, highereducation and continuance in any form of education or training (lifelong learning) asmeasures of successful outcomes. The report provides a detailed account and analysis ofthese patterns at each of the three survey stages in December 1997, 1998 and 1999including a total of 121 statistical tables.The sample was calculated to be 25% of the overall population of the total 1,453 GNVQIntermediate graduates in Northern Ireland as identified in 1997 by DENI statistics. Itwas judged to be representative when characteristics were compared with both theNational GNVQ Survey (FEDA 1997) and profiles identified in reports from the DENIEducation and Training Inspectorate. In the second year of the survey 292 (80.2% of thesample) people responded while 286 (78.6% of the sample) did so in the third and finalyear.