The early career paths of UK educated Intra-European mobile graduates

Students and graduates alike are encouraged to enhance their skills and knowledge by moving to a different European country as both national governments and European institutions anticipate individual skill gains, closer European networks and a boost on national economies as a result. Using data from a longitudinal survey, this paper follows UK-educated Intra-European mobile graduates from undergraduate courses into employment, further study or other activities, and compares their early pathway with graduates who remained in the UK. Mobile graduates are divided into three groups: Returning European students, UK mobile graduates, and other mobile graduates. Empirical findings show that for returning students, mobility after graduation fulfils mainly educational functions. However, even though mobile graduates are less likely to enter employment directly after graduation, they are more likely to work in skill-appropriate occupations. The transition to either employment or further study of most mobile graduates does not take longer compared to stayers

William Behle of Valley City: Germany, World War II

North Dakota Prisoner of War Report by William Behle (1915-1984) of Valley City. Behle was a POW in Germany during the Second World War

Developing vocational competences during secondary school?

Using the example of an amalgamated secondary school qualification (IBCP) in which both vocational education and training (VET) and academic subjects are taught, the paper discusses the use of skills and knowledge gained during the IBCP for post-secondary school activities. Vocational training can indicate ambivalent signals to potential employers or higher education admission officers. From a Human Capital perspective, young people could indicate that they gained additional skills and thus are more productive compared to others without vocational training. With regards to their social mobility, young people who obtained vocational training as a part of their secondary school can signal lower academic capability. The paper uses mixed method data based on a survey of 57 IBCP graduates and qualitative interviews with twenty IBCP graduates. Findings relate to the role of the IBCP in the careers-decision making process, the skills and competences students gained during their IBCP and its transferability to their current activity. After their IBCP, more than half of all observed students had entered higher education. Whilst a few students did not engage actively in the careers decision making process, some were pro-active and used different sources to gain information. However, a large group of students used their time during the IBCP to test various occupational ideas and thus used their VET to further the careers-decision making process. Most students reported that they could transfer the skills and competencies they had gained during their secondary school to their current activity. Finally, the paper calls for a renunciation of the ambivalent signals an amalgamated secondary school degree can provide. IBCP students signal both an increased productivity due to an increased level of vocational skills and a lower level of academic achievement. These signals, however, allow students to enter a highly diverse higher education system, especially in vocational courses

Birds of Pine Valley Mountain Region, Southwestern Utah

articleit has long been a practice among ornithologists to study the distribution, variation, and ecological relationships of birds in areas characterized by diverse physiographic features. Such studies are motivated usually by the desire to aid in finding solutions for the many problems concerning the distribution and variation of birds. Following this custom and this objective in mind, the writer has attempted to make a contribution to our knowledge of the birds of western North America in general and those of Utah in particular by selecting the highly diversified southwestern part of the state for an avifaunistic study. The area chosen includes the Pine Valley Mountains, the Beaver Dam Mountains, the Beaver Dam Wash and the valleys of the Santa Clara and Virgin rivers. As such it corresponds essentially with the limits of Washington County, Utah

Die Stärkung der seelischen Gesundheit arbeitsloser Jugendlicher : eine Analyse zum Sofortprogramm zum Abbau der Jugendarbeitslosigkeit (JUMP) (Strengthening the mental health of young unemployed people : an analysis of the immediate action programme to reduce youth unemployment (JUMP))

"One of the latent aims of the measures carried out in the context of the immediate action programme for young people is to promote the mental health of the participants, thus strengthening their ability to cope with external and internal demands. The paper examines whether and if so, how, the mental health had changed following participation in the programme. The participants were interviewed during and after the measure and the results of the of the repetition interviews were compared. The analysis shows - differentiated according to gender - the influence of various factors on the mental health of the young people. Some of the participants' mental health seemed to have strengthened after completing the measure compared with their first interviews, in some of the other participants a deterioration of their condition could be ascertained instead. The financial situation, the degree of work involvement, the type of measure attended and the labour market status achieved are factors that can be considered to have some influence. In both male and female participants, a high level of work involvement was associated with positive effects on the mental health, whereas financial restrictions corresponded with a deterioration in health values." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))arbeitslose Jugendliche, Jugendsofortprogramm - Auswirkungen, psychische Faktoren, Gesundheitszustand, Geschlechterverteilung

The birds of Southeastern Utah

journal articleSoutheastern Utah is a rugged and colorful portion of the state. As a part of the Colorado Plateau Physiographic Province it is characterized by an arid climate, multicolored but mostly red sandstones, shales and limestones, weathered sand deep box canyons, and high, isolated, lacolithic mountain ranges. Despite the general aridity of the region there are several major rivers and streams. Thw Green and Colorado rivers converge southwest of Moab. Main tn butaries below this point are the Fremont, Escalante, and San Juan rivers. The latter drains extreme southeastern Utah

Birds of the Kanab area and adjacent high plateaus of Southern Utah

journal articleThe gateway to central southern Utah is the town of Kanab, located in Kane County just a few miles north of the Utah-Arizona line. At an elevation of 4973 feet it nestles in an indenture in the Vermillion Cliffs where Kanab Canyon emerges. North of these Vermillion Cliffs, rising like two additional great steps, are the White Cliffs and the Pink Cliffs. These lead to two tablelands, the Paunsagunt Plateau of the Bryce Canyon National Park area with its highest point 9105 feet, and to the west, the Markagunt Plateau of the Zion National Park-Cedar Breaks National Monument area. The latter in its higher northern portion is referred to locally as either Cedar Mountain or the Parowan Mountains

The birds of the Raft River Mountains, Northwestern Utah

journal articleAs another facet in a long-term analysis of the birds of Utah, an avifaunal survey was made in the northwestern corner of the state. Here the principal physiographic feature is the Raft River Mountains. The main axis of this range runs in an east-west direction paralleling the Utah-Idaho border immediately to the north. To the southwest lie the lower and less prominent Grouse Creek Mountains and in the extreme northwest corner of the state there is another, smaller range, the Goose Creek Mountains. The Grouse Creek Mountains run in a north-south direction, while the main portion of the Goose Creek Range runs essentially northeast and southwest and then tails off to the south along the Utah-Nevada border. Just west of the Grouse Creek Mountains is Grouse Creek Valley, which runs north and south in Utah parallel to the Utah-Nevada border. While nearly all parts of the region were visited, the Raft River Mountains received most of the attention, especially the north slope in the vicinity of the towns of Yost, Standrod, and Nafton

Birds of pine valley mountain region, Southwestern Utah

journal articleIt has long been a practice among ornithologists to study the distribution, variation, and ecological relationships of birds in areas characterized by diverse physiographic features. Such studies are motivated usually by the desire to aid in finding solutions for the many problems concerning the distribution and variation of birds. Following this custom and with this objective in mind, the writer has attempted to make a contribution to our knowledge of the birds 0f western North America in general and those of Utah in particular by selecting the highly diversified southwestern part of the state for an avifaunistic study. The area chosen includes the Pine Valley Mountains, the Beaver Dam Mountains, the Beaver Dam Wash and the valleys of the Santa Clara and Virgin rivers. As such it corresponds essentially with the limits of Washington County, Utah

The Intra-European transferability of graduates’ skills gained in the UK

Mobility has been seen as the hallmark of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) with student and graduate mobility being promoted and facilitated through the Bologna process. This paper follows the experiences of twelve UK educated mobile graduates of British and other European Union (EU) nationality and analyses both their skills gained by studying at a UK higher education institution and the obstacles they experienced to transfer their UK qualification to a different country. We demonstrate that graduates not only developed – as part of their course and within the opportunities that the UK higher education environment offers – but also used various skills ranging from subject specific to language and generic skills in their current activities. While a UK degree is reputable and well known in other European countries, there seem to be limitations in relation to its transferability and recognition for studying and working beyond the UK which contribute to unequal treatment in the local labour market between domestic and foreign educated graduates. More than a decade after the inception of the Bologna process and the introduction of tools to facilitate mobility, structural barriers still exist which prevent the smooth recognition of skills and qualifications of mobile students and graduates within the EU. This has implications for further study and employment outcomes for mobile graduates but also for mobility decisions before and after higher education