| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 207 pages) : illustrations (some colour) |
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text file PDF |
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text file EPUB |
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text file MOBI |
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Public relations language |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Note |
Resource simultaneously available in PDF, EPUB format, and MOBI format. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The university armed service units : background and context -- Studying the value of the university armed service units : research rationale and methods -- The student experience of university armed service unit participation -- Graduate evaluations of the university armed service units experience -- The value of the university armed service units to the Armed Forces -- The universities and the university armed service units -- The value of the university armed service units. |
| Summary |
This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the value of the university armed service units - the University Officer Training Corps, University Royal Naval Units and University Air Squadrons. The units, many of which date back to the early 20th century, exist in order to provide students at UK universities with an experience of the British armed forces. Participation in the units is entirely voluntary, and there is no expectation that students will go on to join the armed forces on graduation, although a proportion of students each year do so. The Value of the University Armed Service Units brings together the results of a research project which explored what the value of the units might be to student participants, to graduates in civilian jobs who had the experience as students, to the armed forces, to universities whose students take part in the units, and to employers of graduates with service unit experience. This book draws on quantitative and qualitative research data to explore whether, how, and why the units have value to these different groups. Significant conclusions include the extent to which the units are able to assist students with the development of their transferable (graduate) skills; the potential significance of the units for future recruitment to the armed forces, particularly the Reserves; and the effect of unit experience in developing an informed understanding of the role and function of the British armed forces amongst the wider civilian population. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Officers -- Training of.
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Great Britain. |
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Armed Forces. |
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Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
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Soldiers -- Education (Higher) -- Great Britain.
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Soldiers -- Education (Higher) |
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Soldiers. |
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Sailors -- Education (Higher) -- Great Britain.
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Sailors. |
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Education, Higher. |
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Sociology, Military -- Great Britain.
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Sociology, Military. |
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Civil-military relations -- Great Britain.
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Civil-military relations. |
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Great Britain -- Armed Forces -- Public relations.
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| Indexed Term |
Military |
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Social science |
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Higher education |
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University |
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Armed forces |
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Skills |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Jenkings, K. Neil, author.
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Williams, Alison (Alison J.), author.
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| Added Title |
Directory of open access books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Woodward, Rachel. Value of the university armed service units. London : Ubiquity Press, 2015 1909188573 (OCoLC)922728133 |
| ISBN |
9781909188587 (electronic book) |
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1909188581 (electronic book) |
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1909188581 |
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9781909188594 |
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190918859X |
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9781909188600 |
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1909188603 |
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1909188573 |
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9781909188570 |
| Standard No. |
10.5334/baq |
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