Pre-16 school work experience and civil engineering careers

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-136

  Hodgkinson, Liz ^a   Hamill, Les ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education training; Marketing public relations; Social impact

Indexed keywords

BRITAIN; CIVIL ENGINEERS; ENGINEERING CAREERS; ENGINEERING COMPANIES; SOCIAL IMPACT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; MARKETING; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; EDUCATION; MARKETING; SOCIAL IMPACT; TRAINING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956037781     PISSN: 0965089X     EISSN: 17517672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/cien.2010.163.3.131     Document Type: Article

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