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    Human resource wish-list for 2018

    Christopher Bruton, Published on 03/01/2018

    » Wouldn't it be wonderful if all our New Year wishes could be granted in the next twelve months? Actually the wishes expressed below could all become realities, or, at least, a start made on them, if government policy-makers have the determination to address these issues. Our New Year wishes for 2018 fall into three categories: some that would enhance the skills of young people entering the labour force; some that would benefit those already in the labour force; and finally some that would benefit those in the evening of their working lives or beyond.

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    Early Childhood Learning: It’s never too soon to start

    Christopher Bruton, Published on 19/11/2019

    » Christopher F. Bruton interviews Rose Marie Wanchupela and Wanchai Chaiyasit of Rose Marie Academy.

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    Safety and Security: a survival checklist

    Christopher Bruton, Published on 14/08/2018

    » Whether we are assailed by drought, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, land-slides or violent assaults, never a day passes without some kind of traumatic crisis somewhere in the world, often uncomfortably nearby. In many cases, the crises were unpredictable or unpreventable, such as the 2004 Tsunami, the recent 2018 Lombok earthquakes or Japanese floods. In other cases, these crises could have been avoided, such as the stranded Wild Boar football team in a Chiang Rai cave, or the drowning of 47 tourists venturing out to sea in Phuket during a gale-force storm.

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    School drop-outs cut GDP growth

    Christopher Bruton, Published on 26/02/2018

    » The best educated nations are invariably the most prosperous. Among developing nations, those that have the best chances of sustainable growth to economic maturity are those where young people take the opportunity to complete the education cycle and can thereby enter advanced productive employment.

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    Is English language proficiency the passport to business success?

    Christopher Bruton, Published on 04/09/2017

    » English language, mathematics and science have been defined as the essential basis for modern education. But for Thailand, recent comparative testing has indicated that these "must have" skills are often "don't have" skills holding back economic progress.

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    Solving skill shortages

    Christopher Bruton, Published on 31/07/2017

    » With the emphasis on "Thailand 4.0" and the concentration on the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), there is much concern that the government's ambitious plans may be frustrated by the inadequacy of sufficiently highly-skilled workforce, especially of technological specialists. There is also concern that the emphasis on the EEC may draw skilled technicians away from other parts of Thailand, resulting in a "three nation" economy: the highly technical EEC, the sophisticated Bangkok business economy, and the rest of Thailand, deprived of technical and business skills and, therefore, also of prosperous economic activity.

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    Building bridges or barriers: bricks or brains?

    Christopher Bruton, Published on 05/06/2017

    » With so much attention now being devoted to "Thailand 4.0", the talk is all about innovation, competitiveness, sustainable development, value creation and a host of other expressions for which at this stage there are no familiar Thai language equivalents. There is also an immense amount of planning of enabling infrastructure, including high-speed trains, expressways, special economic zones, science and industrial parks, creative districts and even an "aerotropolis". All this is to be achieved in parade ground style, in a double quick timeframe.

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    Thailand's challenge: Rich in ambitions, poor in people skills?

    Christopher Bruton, Published on 22/05/2017

    » Announcement of visionary and ambitious plans has become almost routine. The year 2017 will apparently not be an election year (nothing new about that) but has begun with boom times in the planning sector. In January 2017, we were treated to announcements about "Thailand 4.0". These were soon followed by further revelations about the "Eastern Economic Corridor". These schemes are all part of government strategies to move Thailand into "Thriving in the 21st century: security, prosperity and sustainability". The 21st century has been going for quite a while now, but "better late than never", and "never" had become quite a routine in recent years.

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    Vocational Education: a German approach

    Christopher Bruton, Published on 19/09/2016

    » Thailand's vocational education is in need of an upgrade and advice is being sought from Germany. We invited comment from leading educationalist Michael C. Usher. Michael is a UK-origin engineer who has lived in Thailand for almost 20 years. He is managing director of Advanced Technology Thailand Company and has extensive Thai-German educational linkages; previously German Director of King Mongkut University of Technology (KMUTNB) Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS), a Thai-German cooperation with Aachen University in Germany. He was also previously Director of the vocational training Centre, Thai German Institute (TGI) and is a well-known Management and Cross-Cultural trainer.

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