Civil engineering's image in schools - and how to change it

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 78-85

  Hamill, Les ^a   Hodgkinson, Liz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education and training; Management

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS; WAGES;

WORKING CONDITIONS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

CIVIL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0141794705     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2003.156.2.78     Document Type: Article

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