Cross-country comparison of engagement in apprenticeships: A conceptual analysis of incentives for individuals and firms

Purpose: A fundamental assumption of the apprenticeship model is that there are benefits to both employers and individual learners. This paper offers a broad conceptual interrogation of an inherent assumption in the apprenticeship model, in that it provides incentives for participation to both individual learners and employers. Approach: This study combines the analysis of literature and available data and draws upon apprenticeship models in ten nations: Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, Germany, India, Malaysia and South Africa. Findings: For individuals, incentives to undertake apprenticeship may be linked to the process and outcomes of that learning, such as the appeal of learning through doing; the opportunities for occupational socialization; the possibility of progression to employment or to additional education; and learning while earning. The analysis of incentives for employers shows a range of reasons related to their short-term interests and the needs of the production processes, technologies, and associated skills; longer-term benefits for the company’s staffing strategy; and the opportunity to make a contribution to the wider education and economic systems. Despite all the potential incentives, many firms consider apprenticeships too costly, risky, and complex to justify the investment. However, when firms are making decisions under the umbrella of chambers or associations, they are more likely to coordinate their skills investment strategies around collectively beneficial outcomes. Conclusion: The links to the labour market and specifically to employers are a key challenge for sustaining apprenticeship systems, as well as for the task of researching them. As such, policy maker (and researcher) engagement with apprenticeship should account for the capacity and commitment of employers. Another key challenge for apprenticeship is related to the relative attractiveness of this pathway within E&T and labour market system for individuals. What is clear from this study is that the development of a strong apprenticeship system requires the buy-in of both employers and individual learners, and as such the necessity to identify and effectively implement incentives cannot be underestimated. Governments can play a key role in realizing the potential incentives for both employers and learners, thereby yielding benefits of all parties engaged in apprenticeships

Special issue editorial : The Festival of OCIES 2020

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Removal of reactive red 120 by using hydrotalcite Zinc-Aluminium-Nitrate (Zn-Al-N03) / Mohd Aizuddin Mohd Anuar

This objectives of the study was to remove the Reactive Red 120 color where can bring harmf to the human body and environment. Color is the most important thing in our daily life. Color also have a lot of use especially in 'batik' and tekstile industry. We may be dont really realize that the colors from industry is been removed easily to the river that will cause negative side effect were diluted. So, this project were looked at the efficiency of the hydrotalcite Zinc-Aluminium-Nitrate (Zn-Al-N03) also called LDHs that can remove the Reactive Red 120 dye which can cause dangerous to health. The preparation of the LDHs was through out the co-precipitation. Then, the LDHs was characterized and determine using X-Ray Diffractometer, Fourier Transform Infrared, and Scanning Electron Microscope. The analysis about the adsorption of the dye were used several parameter such as contact time, different initial concentration, adsorbent dosage, pH, temperature and particle size. As the results, the adsorption efficiency for 150 mg/L of the dye at 25 oC in 4 hours with 0,15g adsorbent is 99.85%. From the experiment also can got the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm. The maximum adsorption capacity (mg/g) of Reactive Red 120 on Zn-Al-N03-LDHs was 81.9672 mg/g and dimensionless constant separation factor RL was 0.7259. The adsorption experiments proven that Zn-Al-N03- LDHs were effective in removing anionic dye (Reactive Red 120). The percentage of adsorption increased with increasing in contact time, adsorbent dosage, temperature and decreasing the particle size. Zn-Al-N03-LDHs were found capable to adsorb low concentration of anionic dye, resulting on the different charged on dye and the different adsorption mechanism between it

Proverbial teachings on sustainability: critical dialogues on traditional proverbs and zine-making in higher education

What ethical and political considerations does zine-making raise in teaching and learning across knowledge systems and artful expression? This question guides the critical dialogue about a research project on teaching sustainability through traditional proverbs from Malaysia and Kazakhstan within a zine-making workshop in a UK university. Merging our reflections with that of students and their zine artworks alongside traditional proverbs, we dialogue across two tensions associated with the challenges of proverbial learning as decolonial connections or appropriation, and the politics and pedagogy of zine-making. Through these tensions which reveal the messy, ambivalent, and unsettled practices within the neoliberal university, we offer some reflections for researchers and teachers engaging in decolonial and arts-based praxis

A legal analysis on marital rape in Malaysia / Muhammad Syafiq Mohd Sahar, Mohamad Arif Aizuddin Masrom and Mohamad Zakwan Mohamad Anuar

The purpose of this research is to analyze the issue of marital rape in Malaysia from the legal perspective. In the first phase of the project, we discuss the current law and situation of marital rape in Malaysia. Then, we compare the law with other countries that have applied it such as Scotland and United States. The second phase of the project, we carried out field work in the context that we handle questionnaires to the respondents that relates to this issue and to the public in order to receive their feedback. The final phase of this project is where we conclude our research and recommend solutions that can be done by the legislature and authorities in Malaysia in order to handle this issue efficiently

A Critical Analysis Of Fuzzy Logic Controller For Slip Control In Antilock Braking System (ABS)

This project aims at proposing an innovative way to implement the concept of fuzzy logic to an ABS model. The implementation of this project was conducted using simulation of ABS which is a combination from vehicle speed, wheel speed and slip through MATLAB Simulink software. By implementing fuzzy logic to the ABS system, the fuzzy logic can facilitate in improving the ABS abilities. The ABS model is developed and fuzzy logic controller is implemented to the model. The performance of the Fuzzy ABS is analyzed. The result shows that the fuzzy logic controller can facilitates the performance of the ABS by reducing the stopping time and maintaining the slip value near to 0.2

The Relationship Between Principals’ Leaderships Towards TVET Teachers’ Motivation in Implementing ICT

The leadership role in a school organisation is crucial for long-term success, particularly in relation to teachers' motivation, especially in the implementation of ICT. School leaders possess the opportunity to employ diverse leadership styles that can influence teachers' motivation, specifically in integrating ICT into teaching and learning. Technical and vocational education is an area where ICT integration holds significant potential for productivity enhancement, given its pivotal role in developing students' college-ready skills. However, previous studies have shown uncertainties in the relationship between principals’ leadership styles and teachers' motivation in certain schools. Therefore, this study aims to examine the relationship between principals' leadership styles and TVET teachers' motivation in implementing ICT. A correlational study was conducted, employing survey methods, and utilizing the Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIMRS) for instructional leadership styles and the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) for transformational leadership styles. The instruments used to measure teachers' motivation were adapted from the instruments aligning with the TAM model. Data analysis included percentage, mean, standard deviation, frequency, regression, and Pearson's correlation analysis, with a significance level set at p = 0.05. The results revealed that TVET teachers' responses to the leadership styles of school principals in Malaysia are satisfactory. Furthermore, a significant correlation exists between the principal's leadership styles and TVET teachers’ motivation. In addition, regression analysis demonstrates that transformational dan instructional leaderships influence TVET teachers’ motivation in implementing ICT. These findings provide support for previous research indicating that the principal's leadership styles indeed influence teachers' motivation

Optimasi Portofolio Resiko Menggunakan Model Markowitz MVO Dikaitkan dengan Keterbatasan Manusia dalam Memprediksi Masa Depan dalam Perspektif Al-Qur`an

Risk portfolio on modern finance has become increasingly technical, requiring the use of sophisticated mathematical tools in both research and practice. Since companies cannot insure themselves completely against risk, as human incompetence in predicting the future precisely that written in Al-Quran surah Luqman verse 34, they have to manage it to yield an optimal portfolio. The objective here is to minimize the variance among all portfolios, or alternatively, to maximize expected return among all portfolios that has at least a certain expected return. Furthermore, this study focuses on optimizing risk portfolio so called Markowitz MVO (Mean-Variance Optimization). Some theoretical frameworks for analysis are arithmetic mean, geometric mean, variance, covariance, linear programming, and quadratic programming. Moreover, finding a minimum variance portfolio produces a convex quadratic programming, that is minimizing the objective function ðð¥with constraintsð ð 𥠥 ðandð´ð¥ = ð. The outcome of this research is the solution of optimal risk portofolio in some investments that could be finished smoothly using MATLAB R2007b software together with its graphic analysis

Search for supersymmetry in events with one lepton and multiple jets in proton-proton collisions at root s=13 TeV

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Measurement of the top quark forward-backward production asymmetry and the anomalous chromoelectric and chromomagnetic moments in pp collisions at √s = 13 TeV

Abstract The parton-level top quark (t) forward-backward asymmetry and the anomalous chromoelectric (d̂ t) and chromomagnetic (μ̂ t) moments have been measured using LHC pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV, collected in the CMS detector in a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb−1. The linearized variable AFB(1) is used to approximate the asymmetry. Candidate t t ¯ events decaying to a muon or electron and jets in final states with low and high Lorentz boosts are selected and reconstructed using a fit of the kinematic distributions of the decay products to those expected for t t ¯ final states. The values found for the parameters are AFB(1)=0.048−0.087+0.095(stat)−0.029+0.020(syst),μ̂t=−0.024−0.009+0.013(stat)−0.011+0.016(syst), and a limit is placed on the magnitude of | d̂ t| < 0.03 at 95% confidence level. [Figure not available: see fulltext.