The power academy in the UK: A successful initiative to attract graduates to the power industry

2009 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PES '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bell, K R W ^a   Fenton, W ^b   Griffiths, H ^c   McDonald, J R ^a   Pal, B C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrical engineering education; Power industry; Training

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING GRADUATES; GRADUATE RECRUITMENT; INDUSTRY NEEDS; POWER INDUSTRY; RENEWABLES;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; EMPLOYMENT; ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 77649305781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PES.2009.5275881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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