Reviews & Analysis

Pressures on the crowded and expensive south-east corner of England are leading to 'satellite offices' and longdistance commuting. Many companies see relocation as the only answer.

Industrial concerns may have to rethink their in-house training programmes — or pay dearly for the skilled workers they need.

Will the present academic staff of universities around the world be able to cope with the challenges of a new era?

Britain's schools are struggling to come to terms with the challenge of a changing society.

The demand for graduates will continue to increase over the next ten years, and employers must change their ways if they are to attract their share of scarce skills.

Industrial application of recent advances in ceramics technology will require adaptable staff with first degrees in a variety of scientific subjects, rather than highly specialized personnel with higher degrees.

Demand in software market balances cutback in recruitment in the computer and electronics industries.

Twenty-one million new jobs are expected in the United States by the year 2000, and unemployment is likely to fall to 6 per cent.

Britain's Chancellor Nigel Lawson, some say, is presiding over an economic 'boom'. But what likelihood is there that the recovery will result in employment opportunities?

For 200 years Australia has looked overseas for labour, attracting emigrants from throughout the world. As the fanfares sound for its bicentenary, does Australia still hold its attraction for job seekers?

With the pressures on research spending in the United Kingdom mounting, covetous eyes are again turning towards the country's sizeable defence budget.

The 'shake out' of jobs in the City of London — accentuated by recent events in the stock markets — is one new trend this year.

Population changes in the United Kingdom during the next decade may help solve one problem but will create others which are difficult to predict.

Careers in high-technology industry and scientific research are not top of all graduates' lists, and college-leavers are taking a hard-headed approach to employment.

Facilities for postgraduate training in the United Kingdom must be maintained in order to meet the steady demand for postdocs in biotechnology.

The transition from graduation to employment may be longer than the six months allowed for in UK surveys.

The academic world in Britain is changing rapidly due to government action and economic pressures.