Achieving Engineering Competencies in the Global Information Society through the Integration of On-Campus and Workplace Environments

Industry and Higher Education

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 145-152

  Allan, Malcolm ^a   Chisholm, Colin U ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

competencies; experiential study; global engineering; information society; intercultural competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983281470     PISSN: 09504222     EISSN: 20436858     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000008784867237     Document Type: Article

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