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Pay as you learn: student employment and academic progress
Catherine Watts, Angela PickeringIncreasing numbers of full‐time undergraduates are supplementing their income by seeking paid employment during term‐time. This article presents some preliminary findings from a…
Career strategies to strengthen graduate employees’ employment position in the Hong Kong labour market
Agnes Lau, Mary PangThis study investigates the significance of developing career goals and adopting appropriate career strategies during the first two years of employment after graduation. Data were…
Delivering contextual material on a vocational business and public sector programme
Ann Wall, Roger OttewillExamines the outcomes of an evaluation exercise undertaken by tutors responsible for the delivery of contextual material to first year students on the socio‐demographic…
Giving undergraduates managerial experience
Mary DickinsonFor over a decade, a number of employers have been sounding warnings to the higher education sector that a “skills gap” was emerging at the employer/graduate interface. Some…
Lifelong learning: practice and possibility in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
Gail E. FitzSimonsSeeks to address issues associated with lifelong learning from the perspective of teaching and curriculum practice in the areas of mathematics and technology in an Australian…
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