LEADER 03318nam 2200421 450 001 9910476780003321 005 20230515233745.0 035 $a(CKB)5470000000566707 035 $a(NjHacI)995470000000566707 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000000566707 100 $a20230515d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe value of the university armed service units /$fRachel Woodward, K. Neil Jenkings, Alison J. Williams 210 1$aLondon :$cUbiquity Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 207 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a1-909188-60-3 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aCivil-military relations$zGreat Britain 606 $aArmed Forces$xOfficers$xTraining of 606 $aUniversities and colleges$zGreat Britain 615 0$aCivil-military relations 615 0$aArmed Forces$xOfficers$xTraining of. 615 0$aUniversities and colleges 676 $a322.50941 700 $aWoodward$b Rachel$0272655 702 $aJenkings$b K. Neil 702 $aWilliams$b Alison 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910476780003321 996 $aThe value of the university armed service units$92264063 997 $aUNINA