Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2018)
Purpose: Whereas the integration of sustainability into business schools has received increasing attention in recent years, the debate continues to be generic rather than recognising the peculiarities of the more quantitative sub disciplines such as accounting and finance which may of course be inti…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2018)
Purpose: The policy and practice sphere of higher education, skills and work-based learning has become increasingly problematic in the last few years, and the extent to which sustainability and sustainable development are embedded in policy and practice spaces is a cause for concern. The purpose of …
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2017)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to discuss the problems of applying competence standards to professional-level work, noting limitations in functional approaches and drawing on developments in professions and on a recent Erasmus+ project to propose a more adequate alternative. Design/methodolo…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2017)
Purpose: This paper is prompted by recent professional and political events and specifically the politically oriented "Manifesto for Work" recently published by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). The purpose of this paper is to propose a manifesto for the broad professional…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2017)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate students' perceptions of the value, impact, benefits and disadvantages of in-house, university-based work experience vs off-campus work experience. Design/methodology/approach: Three focus groups, one consisting of students who had undertaken work…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2017)
Purpose: Drawing on positioning theory, the purpose of this paper is to characterize the activities and positions of students and supervisors at workplaces and on-campus skills training sites across the higher health professional educations of medicine, sports science, and nursing. Furthermore, the …
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2017)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to discuss the status, values, and attributes of dual education. It investigates key elements of the dual education system in four selected countries while examining and recommending dynamics and roles for governmental policy, technical and vocational institute…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2017)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to highlight the continuing dearth of scholarship about the role of work-based learning in education for sustainable development, and particularly the urgent demands of climate literacy. It is proposed that forms of work-based learning can act as catalysts for …
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2016)
Purpose-More collaborative and open learning models are suggested as part of the paradigm shift in the way knowledge is produced, distributed, and used. The purpose of this paper is to explore a work-based learning (WBL) model, based on systemic negotiations between actors from the three parties: th…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2016)
Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to explore-on an international level-the relationship between work-integrated learning (WIL) and several psychological attributes (i.e. hope, procrastination, self-concept, self-efficacy, motivation, and study skills) believed to be important for a successful tra…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2016)
Purpose-European policy is placing an increasing emphasis on involving employers and labour market institutions in the design and delivery of higher education (HE) programmes that match curricula to current and future needs of the economy. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the curriculum d…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2016)
Purpose: Empirical studies in relation to employability development opportunities (EDOs) and university students' enhanced employability are few, especially in Nigeria. The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent of university students' engagement with EDOs and to empirically establish the ext…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2016)
Purpose - In 2015 the Conservative led government announced their plan to increase the number of young people participating in apprenticeship to three million by 2020. As part of this plan there is to be an expansion of the number of degree-level apprenticeships, with the government suggesting that …
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2016)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a joint study carried out with groups of colleges in England and technical and further education (TAFE) institutes in Australia. It looks at the factors which promote the delivery of higher technical skills and the infrastructure arran…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2016)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to contend that collaboration between employers and universities in the design and delivery of programmes of work-based study is an effective way to align the higher-level skills needs of employers with the aspirations of individuals who wish to gain university…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2016)
Purpose - The UK government is actively promoting higher apprenticeships and degree apprenticeships and this agenda has been gaining momentum amongst the various providers of apprenticeships. The purpose of this paper is to draw on an exploratory study on English further education (FE) colleges and …
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2016)
Purpose-A central aim of higher education is employability, in order to enable graduates to act in dynamic working environments. Internships as the prevalent work-based learning (WBL) settings offer such an opportunity during the studies; they are commonly used and broadly researched as intervention…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2016)
Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of work experience and gender on graduates' perception of competencies, preparation and expectations of success in labour market (LM) transition. The research questions that guide this study are: How do graduates evaluate the competencies…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2015)
Purpose: The globalization of the market economy and the technology revolution present multiple demands for education to meet the needs of the knowledge society. In this global context, work-based learning (WBL) has become increasingly valuable and critical for individuals and governments to enhance…
