16.7 First or second semester. Twelve 3-hour lecture/seminars. On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• understand structural and technological changes in the labour market;
• understand the interlocking relationship between technology and employment structure and the effects of that relationship on technical and further education;
• understand the impact of changes in the work force on the lives of individuals and the ramifications at personal and institutional levels;
• demonstrate an awareness of the socio-economic factors contributing to youth unemployment, the attitudinal changes which have accompanied the growth of youth unemployment; and
• demonstrate an awareness of the factors creating barriers to women's and girls' involvement in technology.

Changes in the labour market since the 1960s; the changing nature of work; educational responses to increased retention rates in schools and increased enrolments in tertiary institutions. A minor assignment of 1,500 words (30 per cent); a major assignment of 3,000 words (70 per cent).