Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry: Case Studies in Partnership and Collaboration

Download or read book Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry: Case Studies in Partnership and Collaboration written by Phil Andrews and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1: Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry: Case Studies in Partnership and Collaboration highlights, for the first time, 8 powerful case studies in which universities, colleges and training providers are working with oil companies to produce capable, competent people. This essential companion in our series illustrates not only the carefully researched details of the partnerships and collaborative activities, but also offers commentary on each of the cases from Getenergy’s decade of experience in uniting universities, colleges, training providers and the upstream oil and gas industry on a global basis. Edited by Getenergy’s Executive Team which—for more than a decade—has uniquely specialized in mapping and connecting the world of academia and learning with the upstream oil and gas industry through events and workshops around the globe. Detailed research into the key facts surrounding each case with analysis to enable readers to quickly and effectively extract the lessons and apply to a variety of challenges in building oil/gas workforce capacity. Highlights the business lessons for universities, colleges and training providers from collaborative working to support skills projects for major companies where demand is greatest. Includes full colour images and partnership diagrams’ to underscore key concepts Offers a unified and universal case study rating mechanism in which readers can participate on-line to be part of this important and varied community.