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15 - General Engineering

Southampton Solent University

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Output 6 of 37 in the submission

Output title

Are the construction graduates on CIOB accredited degree courses meeting the skills required by the industry?

Type

E - Conference contribution

DOI

Name of conference/published proceedings

Proceedings 27th Annual ARCOM Conference, 5-7 September 2011, Bristol, UK

Volume number

Issue number

First page of article

167

ISSN of proceedings

Year of publication

2011

URL

http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/ar2011-0167-0174_Rawlins_Marasini.pdf

Number of additional authors

Additional information

This paper has benefited higher education practices in the Architecture, Built Environment and Planning subject area. This paper contributes towards curriculum development and employability aspects of undergraduate construction management courses. The paper analyses perception of skills of current graduates from the Chartered Institute of Buildings (CIOB) accredited course, explores practicable methods of increasing skills levels of graduates and the possible ways of integration of graduates into the construction industry, and recommends areas of improvement, if any, to the CIOB educational framework. This paper has been cited in a similar study conducted in South Africa.

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

B - Built Environment

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract