SET CPD
Continuing Professional Development is the updating and enhancement of skills, knowledge and competence which takes place throughout working life. Put simply, a life-long learning approach to planning, managing and getting the most from your own development.
This updating and enhancement of skills is vital to the productivity of UK plc. Our own research in these areas has highlighted that productivity is closely tied to the training and education of engineers after they graduate from formal education.
The emergent technology sector and the role of CPD in the development of innovative capacity
Published 2004
This report identifies a number of clusters in emerging technologies with a focus on professionals whose skills are closely allied to the engineering profession. It describes general UK strengths and weaknesses in the selected technological areas, provides an initial list of experts in the area, contains a small number of best practices and concludes with an outlook on how to address key issues in later phases of the emerging technologies project.
E-CPD: Learning from International Experience
Published 2004
This report presents the findings of a research project looking at international models for engineering CPD as delivered through e-technologies. The research focused on the roles of the various agents in the CPD matrix (professional institutions, universities and technical colleges, private training providers, and companies themselves) across three continental regions: North America, Australasia and Western Europe.
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The Emergent Technology Sector
