Education + Training: Volume 52 Issue 3

The Publishing House: From being to becoming – the developmental dimension in realistic work environments

Kay Boardman

The purpose of this paper is to suggest that the “skills” or “employability” agenda which has long been anathema to the Humanities disciplines need not be the threat it appears to…

Development of professional identity in Romanian business students

Daniel A. Glaser‐Segura, Suzanne Mudge, Constantin Brătianu, Ionela Dumitru

This study aims to focus on the role of learning activities on the development of Romanian students making the change from academia to the workplace, specifically focusing on the…

What industry wants: employers' preferences for training

Erica Smith, Ros Brennan Kemmis

The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyse what retail and hospitality industry employers want from training and trainers.

Graduates', university lecturers' and employers' perceptions towards employability skills

Vathsala Wickramasinghe, Lasantha Perera

The purpose of this study is to explore employability skills that employers, university lecturers and graduates value to bring to the workplace, when graduates are applying for…

Pre‐employment course: a partnership for success?

Ian K. Pepper, Ruth McGrath

The purpose of this paper is to examine the benefits of pre‐employment education and training and its impact on the students' choice of career paths. It focuses on a programme…