Education for employability . Volume 2 Learning for future possibilities / / edited by Joy Higgs, Geoffrey Crisp and Will Letts [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910793736403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill Sense, , 2019; 2019
• ISBN: 9789004418707 (electronic book)
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 277 pages.) : illustrations
• Collana: Practice futures ; ; 4
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - Aims and objectives; College graduates - Employment; Employability
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: We often look back at changing trends in higher education and call them "bandwagons" (temporary fads that everyone rushes to be part of and "jump on"). While much of the hype and jargon of "The Employability Agenda" may fade from the tip of our tongues (or perhaps be subsumed into the norm) in the mid future, there are two fundamental changes that will not: the digital revolution embedded in changing work and economic practices and the “re-globalisation” of the world that this and other politico-economic changes have brought about. These will continue to be part of how we live and work, so tertiary education will need to take its part in supporting employ-ability far beyond either the timing or scope of preparation for initial employment. Employability is important to local, national and international labour market contexts, parameters and policies. As well as impacting workforces, employability is an essential characteristic of workers. It is very important that employability is understood and enacted as personal employability not just employment of individuals. We have found that employability is defined as much, if not more, by mindset rather than skillset. Part of this mindset involves recognising ; the unknowns of future work and an even bigger part is recognising our responsibilities as workers and educators lies in shaping our own employability and that of the novice learners and workers in our spaces of influence and communities of practice. In Education for Employability (Volume 2): Learning for Future Possibilities we continue on from the big agenda discussions of Education for Employability (Volume 1): The Employability Agenda to explore education for employability in a variety of spaces: in the context of higher education as an entrance into the workforce, in joining communities of practice and in the lifelong pursuit of employability – preparing people for a portfolio of careers rather than a job-for-life. These two books show how educational leaders, educators, industry partners and thought leaders are imagining and addressing the challenges posed by the current and future changes facing our work, practices and workplaces.--

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• Record Nr.: UNINA990009049090403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milano, : Giuffre
• ISSN: 0391-8696
• Disciplina: 630; 340
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico

Sustainable federal facilities : a guide to integrating value engineering, life-cycle costing, and sustainable development

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910961002803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 2001
• ISBN: 9786610185122; 9780309171045; 0309171040; 9781280185120; 1280185120; 9780309563604; 0309563607
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Disciplina: 352.5/6
• Soggetti: Public buildings - United States - Design and construction; Public buildings - Design and construction - Environmental aspects - United States; Sustainable architecture - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Federal facilities council technical report no. 142."
• Nota di contenuto: SUSTAINABLE FEDERAL FACILITIES -- Copyright -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- BACKGROUND -- PROBLEM STATEMENT AND STUDY OBJECTIVE -- FRAMEWORK FOR ACQUIRING SUSTAINABLE FACILITIES -- Format -- Documenting Objectives, Decisions, and Assumptions -- Integrated Project Team Approach -- Performance Measures -- ISSUES -- ONLINE RESOURCES -- 1 Introduction -- PROBLEM STATEMENT AND STUDY OBJECTIVE -- STUDY PROCESS -- REPORT ORGANIZATION -- GOVERNMENT-WIDE GUIDANCE -- Sustainable Development -- Defining Sustainable Development -- Laws and Executive Orders -- Value Engineering -- Life-Cycle Costing -- USING LIFE-CYCLE COSTING WITH VALUE ENGINEERING -- REFERENCES -- 2 Facility Life Cycles and the Acquisition Process -- FACILITY LIFE CYCLES -- FACILITY ACQUISITION -- Requirements Assessment -- Conceptual Planning -- Programming and Budgeting -- Design -- ; Construction -- Start-up -- REFERENCES -- 3 Framework for Acquiring Sustainable Facilities -- FORMAT -- DOCUMENTING OBJECTIVES, DECISIONS, AND ASSUMPTIONS -- INTEGRATED PROJECT TEAM APPROACH -- PERFORMANCE MEASURES -- FRAMEWORK -- Requirements Assessment Phase -- Conceptual Planning Phase -- Siting Considerations -- Energy Considerations -- Materials Considerations -- Water Considerations -- Indoor Environmental Quality Considerations -- Operation and Maintenance Considerations -- Value Engineering/Life-Cycle Cost Analysis -- Programming/Budgeting Phase -- Design Phase -- Contract Considerations -- Siting Considerations -- Energy Considerations -- Materials Considerations -- Water Considerations -- Indoor Environmental Quality Considerations -- Operations and Maintenance Considerations -- Value Engineering and Life-Cycle Costing Study -- Construction Phase -- Siting Considerations -- Energy Considerations -- Materials Considerations -- Water Considerations -- Indoor Environmental Quality Considerations.; Operation and Maintenance Considerations -- Value Engineering and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis -- Start-Up Phase -- Post-Start-Up: Operation and Maintenance of the Facility -- REFERENCE -- 4 Issues -- FIRST COSTS, LIFE-CYCLE COSTS, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- MASTER SPECIFICATIONS AND GUIDEBOOKS -- PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE FACILITIES -- INDENTIFYING ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PRODUCTS -- LESSONS LEARNED -- REFERENCE -- 5 Online Resources -- SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND VALUE ENGINEERING -- Federal Agency Sites -- Government-wide Guidance -- Other Sites -- PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE FACILITIES -- ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PRODUCTS -- LESSONS LEARNED -- INDEX -- APPENDIX A Executive Order 13123 -- APPENDIX B Executive Order 13101 -- APPENDIX C Executive Order 13148 -- APPENDIX D Office of Management and Budget Circular A-131 -- APPENDIX E Public Law 104-106, Section 4306 Value Engineering for Federal Agencies -- APPENDIX F Federal Acquisition Regulation Parts 48 and 52 Re: Value Engineering.
• Sommario/riassunto: In the late 1990s, several of the sponsor agencies of the Federal Facilities Council began developing and implementing initiatives and policies related to sustainable development. Guidance related to life-cycle costing and value engineering was recognized as being supportive of sustainable development, in particular when used in the conceptual planning and design phases of acquisition, where decisions are made that substantially effect the ultimate performance of a building over its life cycle. However, specific concerns were raised that when federal agencies apply value engineering in the final stages of design or during construction in response to cost overruns, design features that support sustainable development may be eliminated. The primary objective of this study, therefore, was to develop a framework to show how federal agencies can use value engineering and life-cycle costing to support sustainable development for federal facilities and meet the objectives of Executive Order 13123.