Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose: This paper explores how higher education institutions can redesign curricula to produce globally competitive graduates equipped with critical skills for success in an interconnected workforce. It emphasizes the integration of interdisciplinary learning, global competence and experiential ed…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose: This study aims to explore how autonomy, competence and relatedness impact work-based learning (WBL) motivation and engagement, contributing to enhanced employability skills. Additionally, it examines whether there are significant differences in these effects between students from STEM and …
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose – This paper critically examines the evolution of quality assurance (QA) and regulation in degree apprenticeships in England from 2015 to 2025. It explores how regulatory frameworks have developed over the decade, their implications for higher education institutions and how these compare wit…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose: This viewpoint explores strategic lessons for wider higher education (HE) practices from university business and management apprenticeships in England. The paper highlights parallels between the challenges in apprenticeships and those confronting HE leaders and managers, especially regardin…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the perspectives of supervisors from criminal justice organisations regarding student internships. It examines how supervisors perceive internships as a pathway for developing future professionals, fostering practical skills and improving understandin…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose: The study aimed to measure the perception of prospective vocational education (VE) students in Indonesia toward the sustainable development of VE. Additionally, it sought to evaluate the implications of these perceptions for improving the quality of VE and preparing superior human resources…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose: This study aims to identify and explore the critical components of Industry 4.0 (IR4.0) talent domains needed by Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) students through work-based learning (WBL) programs in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach: A qualitative research design…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose: The literature concerning higher- and degree-level apprenticeships (HDAs) in the post-levy era (2017–) is sparse and fragmented. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to contribute to the international landscape of higher education work-based learning by identifying barriers to effective …
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose – This study aims to investigate the self-efficacy levels of students enrolled in work-based learning (WBL) programmes, using Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) as a case study within the global context of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Design/methodology/app…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose – This study aimed to analyze the simultaneous relationships between a set of predictor variables (career adaptability, career decision self-efficacy, major relevance, university life satisfaction and social support) and a set of response variables (career exploration activities and career d…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose – To enhance career readiness and promote equitable school-to-work transition, this study examines how the development of employability skills influences vocational school students' career success during internship, assessed through both subjective (perceived job success) and objective (job …
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose – This study explores the potential adaptation of the UK's degree apprenticeship model within Thailand's higher education context. As global demands intensify for more work-ready graduates, the study examines how academic–vocational integration can be advanced through international policy le…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose – While vocational education develops technical skills, it often neglects critical thinking and adaptability in solving real-world problems. Using a web-based constructivist’s learning environment model (Web-Based CLEM), this study aimed at enhancing 60 Thai vocational students’ ill-structur…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose – This study investigates the mediating role of virtual experience in the relationship between UTAUT2 constructs and perceived employability among vocational high school students. While previous research has examined students’ behavioral intentions toward augmented reality (AR) and virtual r…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose – In Pakistan's evolving technical and vocational education and training (TVET) landscape, this study aims to examine how personalised learning experiences and gender identity shape transformational leadership skills acquisition within a digitally mediated learning environment. Design/method…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose – As the UK marks a decade since the introduction of degree apprenticeships, sparking international interest in work-integrated models of Higher Education (HE), this paper shifts focus to Nigeria, a former British colony where global pressures, national priorities, and inherited academic tra…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose: Studies have shown that research is a global innovation’s “engine room.” Therefore, young adult-built environment researchers (YABER), especially in developing countries, need research upskilling and reskilling training for better-integrated outcomes. Evidence shows that research training c…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose – This study aims to shed light on how work-integrated learning programs (WILP) affect graduate employability, job satisfaction and students’ adaptability to sustainable career transitions in comparison to participants who were not part of WILP. Through a validated model, this study also att…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose: This study aims to look at the motives and dynamics of career choices in the socio-cultural values of the Bugis community. Career choice factors are rarely approached from the aspect of socio-cultural values. One indicator of extrinsic factors is socio-cultural values. Design/methodology/ap…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2025)
Purpose – This study examines the key determinants of intern engagement within the United Nations (UN) in South Korea, addressing growing concerns about workplace precarity. Despite the increasing significance of intern engagement, empirical research on its determinants remains limited, particularly…
