In recent years, mobility of students and workers started to be considered as a way for answering skill shortages in the European labor world. However, in order to implement effective mobility practices, suitable instruments supporting transparency and readability of the outcomes of learning processes as well as of the needs of companies and employers in general have to be developed. In fact, t...

English physical activity guidance now recognises a double weighting of vigorous over moderate activity; 1 min of vigorous activity is the same as two 'equivalent' minutes of moderate activity. In addition, concerns of over-estimation of occupational PA led to newly applied measurement methods for this domain. Vigorous activity is associated with higher socio-economic position and occupational ...

OBJECTIVES This study systematically compared accumulation, sensitive period, critical period and social mobility models relating life course socioeconomic position (SEP) and adult crystallised cognitive ability, which has not been comprehensively investigated. DESIGN Two prospective cohort studies. PARTICIPANTS Five thousand three hundred and sixty-two participants in the Medical Research ...

Thirteen member societies of the International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA), all 11 national certification bodies, and IOHA itself are now cooperating in a new international training and qualification system. The structure broadens access to occupational hygiene education and training worldwide and complements existing professional accreditation schemes. There are currently 46 Approv...

The main aims of the paper are to explore how far class origins and qualifications can account for ethnic minority disadvantage in Britain and to explore whether they operate in the same way for the ethnic minorities as they do for the white majority. Thus the paper examines both the processes that promote inclusion into advantaged positions (in the professional and managerial classes of the sa...

General and Professional Qualifications of Iranian High School Masters according to the Ministerial Documents H. Abdollaahi, Ph.D. A perusal of the ministerial documents at the Iranian Ministry of Education during the past 100 years was undertaken in order to clarify how the general and professional qualifications required for the post of high school master have evolved over the c...

789 www.cmj.hr Many African countries are liberal in accepting medical degrees and specialist qualifications acquired abroad. This in part stems from the lack of training programs on the African continent that can supply the required or near the required numbers of doctors to serve the populations. As the majority of African states are English-speaking, academic and professional qualifications ...