Encouraging more students into construction management McLaughlin, Patricia and Mills, Anthony 2013, Encouraging more students into construction management, in AUBEA 2013 : Proceedings of the 38th Australasian Universities Building Education Association Conference, AUBEA, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 1-13. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mclaughlin-encouragingmorestudents-2013.pdf Published version application/pdf 353.48KB 110 Title Encouraging more students into construction management Author(s) McLaughlin, Patricia Mills, Anthony orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-1550 Conference name Australasian Universities Building Education Association. Conference (38th : 2013 : Auckland, New Zealand) Conference location Auckland, New Zealand Conference dates 20-22 Nov. 2013 Title of proceedings AUBEA 2013 : Proceedings of the 38th Australasian Universities Building Education Association Conference Editor(s) Gonzalez, Vicente Yiu, Tak Wing Publication date 2013 Conference series Australasian Universities Building Education Association Conference Start page 1 End page 13 Total pages 13 Publisher AUBEA Place of publication Auckland, New Zealand Keyword(s) construction management skill shortages lifelong learning upskilling Summary The construction industry is plagued by the persistent, long-term problem of skill shortages and skill gaps, especially in construction management. Evidence indicates that the industry will not have enough flexible, qualified professionals able to exercise skills to match changing work requirements especially in new technology, over the coming decade. Upskilling existing workers and individuals with vocational education qualifications into higher education could provide an important solution to skill gap problems. Currently less than 16% of all individuals with vocational qualifications in construction undertake upskilling into higher education. This project investigated the factors that supported upskilling and transfer from VET to higher education (HE) in the construction industry. Interviews were conducted with 36 students who were upskilling from vocational education into higher education in eight Australian universities to elicit “enablers” of upskilling. The results, which identify a number of key enablers as seen through the eyes of students who have made the transition, provides the industry with insights into solving current and future skill gaps. These insights will benefit both the construction industry and the wider national population. Language eng Field of Research 120201 Building Construction Management and Project Planning Socio Economic Objective 930501 Education and Training Systems Policies and Development HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed HERDC collection year 2013 Copyright notice ©2013, AUBEA Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30060766 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Architecture and Built Environment Open Access Collection   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 20 Feb 2014, 11:54:47 EST Fri, 21 Feb 2014, 08:04:35 EST Fri, 14 Mar 2014, 10:20:09 EST Fri, 14 Mar 2014, 10:51:29 EST Mon, 17 Mar 2014, 09:02:11 EST Tue, 18 Mar 2014, 13:15:15 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:02:51 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 16:56:22 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 685 Abstract Views, 110 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 20 Feb 2014, 11:54:47 EST