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Research data: TRAINING
2014 Evaluating research recruitment strategies to improve response rates amongst South African nurses
Orientation: Nurse recruitment to and participation in empirical research is increasingly important in understanding and improving nursing p...
2014 Towards understanding the distinctive nature of artisan training: implications for skills planning in South Africa
While all agree that increased artisan development is important, there is substantial disagreement about the scale and nature of demand for ...
Download this report2012 An assessment of skills development interventions in South Africa: skills development through structured qualifications: learnerships and apprenticeships: new direction and transitions in skills development systems
How can we measure whether the government has met the set targets for training more people? In this article MARIETTE VISSER and GLENDA KRUSS...
Download this report2012 An assessment of skills development interventions in South Africa: skills development for the unemployed: the national skills fund and training of the unemployed
International studies on the impact of training for the unemployed have reported mixed results; some found that training has increased emplo...
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