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International Conference on Higher Education Advances

Published by Universidad Politecnica de Valencia

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From shop floors to breakthroughs: Is vocational education good for innovation?

Conference paper
The fundamental impact of human capital on innovative performance is a consensual finding in the innovation literature. Universities play a pivotal role in fuelling innovation across various industries, providing students with essential knowledge and skills to generate new products, processes, and b…

Using UX Design in inclusive teacher education in higher education to bridge the research-to-practice gap

Conference paper Open Access
Teachers in inclusive classrooms do not use the results of scientific research on evidence-based practices; this gap between research and practice can be seen as a result of theoretical content in teacher education and should be reduced. UX design is an approach from Computer Sciences to build a bri…

People with disabilities in the university-work transition: a project to study networks

Conference paper Open Access
The employment of people with disabilities is a goal indicated by international and European development policies. The possibility of access to education and vocational training is a prerequisite for achieving an independent life. This paper presents a qualitative research design for studying networ…

Chronically ill patients and adherence: a new challenge for educators committed to training future health professionals

Conference paper Open Access
As academic educators committed to training future health professionals, we should understand and address the new educational needs they may perceive as a result of the global increase in the number of chronically ill patients. This paper aims to present a new learning/teaching strategy that has bee…

Improving governance of vocational teacher education in Ukraine within Erasmus+ project

Conference paper Open Access
The paper aims at discussing the governance of vocational teacher training based on partnership and cooperation with different stakeholders and its implementation within the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education project carried out in Ukraine. The problem of the weak linkage between vocatio…

Assessment criteria for work-integrated learning in a generalist postgraduate university programme

Conference paper Open Access
Work-integrated learning (WIL) such as placements and internships are becoming increasingly common in generalist (i.e. not profession-oriented) postgraduate university programmes. Nevertheless, the justification for workintegrated learning in such programmes is not obvious. While various purposes ha…

Projects with added value to increase competitiveness and student satisfaction Case study: The renewal of the BA in advertising and public relations. University of Girona

Conference paper Open Access
This communication is aimed at describing the measures implemented in the new BA of Advertising and Public Relations in the Falculty of Tourism-University of Girona at the moment of redefining its curricular design to make it more appealing and according to the needs of the era of the Internet. Acco…