Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2021)
Purpose: This article focuses on the perception gaps between teachers and students of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) related to garment production and the reasons behind such gaps. Garment production is the priority sector for the Ethiopian government, which plans to make it …
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2021)
Purpose: This paper aims to examine how pedagogical innovations in practical training facilitate professional learning among higher education (HE) students. Design/methodology/approach: Through individual and group interviews and observations, this explorative phenomenological study investigates a t…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2021)
Purpose: Diploma Engineers (DE) mainly receive practical and skills-oriented education and training in the area of technical and vocational subjects from the polytechnic system. Globally, universities have limited DEs access to Higher Education (HE). Over the course of time, many countries have chan…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2021)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how the eThekwini Municipal Academy (EMA) conducts training needs assessments for vocational skills training for unemployed and disadvantaged youths, KwaZulu-Natal province. By examining the process of training needs assessment (TNA), the focus was on…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2021)
Purpose: The objective of this study is to identify research gaps related to skills required for Industry 4.0, considering research in the context of Brazilian undergraduate courses. In this sense, the question of this study was established: What are the educational gaps related to skills required i…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2021)
Purpose: This study explores how the implementation of problem-based learning (PBL) in technical and vocational education training (TVET) systems of Nigerian higher education (HE) can enhance quality graduate outcomes. The study also explores the issues and challenges of PBL implementation in the TV…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2020)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the scientific nature of work-based learning (WBL) and research as operationalized in Professional Studies by examining first principles of scientific inquiry. Design/methodology/approach: This paper introduces a Professional Studies program as it has…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2020)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the purposes and current outcomes of Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree program in Austria. It identifies the ability of higher agricultural education (HAE) curriculum to meet its purpose by way of validating its current outcomes. Design/methodol…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2020)
Purpose: Apprenticeship education in England has undergone dramatic change following the “Richard Review” (Richard, 2012), trailblazer apprenticeship standards development and the introduction of the apprenticeship levy. University College of Estate Management’s (UCEM) new Level 3 Surveying Technici…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2020)
Purpose: Previous research suggests that higher education provision, the government's knowledge-based economic agenda and the attributes employers look for in graduates are not always aligned, leading to a skill shortage and the production of graduates who are not “work ready”. Degree apprenticeship…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2020)
Purpose: This article draws on a study of best practices in work-integrated learning (WIL) identified in the Middlesex University Degree Apprenticeships Development Fund (DADF) Project, which examined their application for four public sector degree apprenticeships (DAs). The authors suggest that WIL…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2020)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show how and why government discoursal constraints have obstructed the development of viable degree apprenticeships for regulated healthcare professionals working in England and suggests some ways these constraints can now be managed and overcome. Design/meth…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2020)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report on a study funded by the Edge Foundation, an independent educational charity, to investigate what is needed in order for English higher education to operate degree apprenticeships (DAs) on a sustainable basis. Design/methodology/approach: The study, co…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2020)
Purpose: One of the goals of educational institutions is to prepare their graduates to be workplace-ready. The purpose of this paper is to identify the employability skills lacking in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) industry from employers' perspectives to assist STEM educationa…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2020)
Purpose: This discussion paper supports the new development of Apprenticeships at Level 8 of the UK’s Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (QAA, 2014). This exciting development, one that employers and universities had been waiting for paves the way for, apprenticeships, sold as the ladder …
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2020)
Purpose: It is widely reported that there is a competence deficit between graduating from Australian higher education (HE) and becoming work ready and that the deficit is becoming more pronounced. The purpose of this paper is to examine the work readiness competencies of Australian HE and vocational…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2019)
Purpose: Various studies around the globe indicate lack of soft skills in engineering students, graduating from universities, although the bulk of studies in various disciplines indicate an improvement in various skills through implementation of a problem-based learning (PBL) approach. The purpose o…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2019)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the evidence of accounting undergraduates’ attitude toward entrepreneurship, in particular, whether entrepreneurial skills developed in accounting education engender cognition of skills and intentions of starting a business. Design/methodology/approac…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2019)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of a variety of levels of education, namely, high school, vocational and university education, on the probability of being employed in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Design/methodology/approach: The data are from two waves of th…
Published:Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
(2019)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify and highlight the key constructs of an enabling policy environment and their probable impact on development and implementation of recognition of prior learning (RPL) process in higher education and training in South Africa with reference to library a…
