The UK building education recruitment crisis: A call for action

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 767-775

  Dainty, Andrew R J ^a   Edwards, David J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building degrees; Demand; Forecast; Graduates; Image

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MICRO-ECONOMIC ACTIVITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FORECASTING METHOD; HIGHER EDUCATION; LABOR MARKET; TRAINING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0345415586     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000072146     Document Type: Article

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