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  • The national Giving and Volunteering surveys from 1988 to 2001 asked about giving to more than a dozen different types of organizations (listed here in order of frequency of gifts): “informal” (family and friends); health; human services; youth; education; environment; work-based; political; arts; “public benefit” (a mélange of civil rights, community action, and service clubs); foundations; adult recreation; international; and “other.”

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Middlesex is also a pioneer in work-based learning and enables employees to gain academic credits in the workplace, helping them to make a greater contribution to their organisations.

    University guide 2012: Middlesex University 2011

  • The study recommends a "comprehensive pathways network" that would include three elements: embracing multiple approaches to help youth make the transition to adulthood, involving the nation's employers in things like work-based learning, and creating a new social compact with young people.

    Students Need More Job Prep: Report AP 2011

  • The research on work-based learning or foreign language study definitely doesn't bear out these conclusions.

    JD Hoye: Pathways to Endless Possibilities JD Hoye 2011

  • He would receive induction training and his employers would pay for him to complete work-based NVQs level 2 and 3 in care, and level 3 in promoting independence – the qualifications he needs to progress in the sector.

    What else can a shop owner do? 2011

  • Research and work-based foundation degrees remain important.

    University guide 2012: Newman University College, Birmingham 2011

  • For example, one study of a work-based walking program found that 93 percent of the participants lost weight.

    The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011

  • He could then apply for an NHS apprenticeship which would offer him the choice of 21 work-based qualifications in clinical and non-clinical roles.

    What else can a school-leaver do? 2011

  • By comparison, the German authorities spent only £46 more per person for work-based volunteering placements lasting a full year.

    National Citizen Service 'too expensive' 2011

  • For example, one study of a work-based walking program found that 93 percent of the participants lost weight.

    The Flex Diet M.D. James Beckerman 2011

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