Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 10 Issue 2

Social interactivity as driver and digital technology as vehicle: Facilitating affective domain learning for undergraduates

Catherine Hayes, Yitka Graham

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perceptions of the integration of digital technology into a Pre-Registration Nursing degree programme. This process illuminated…

Managing risks in work-integrated learning programmes: a cross-institutional collaboration

Craig Cameron, Janine Ashwell, Melissa Connor, Mary Duncan, Will Mackay, Jeff Naqvi

Work-integrated learning (WIL) poses legal, reputation, operational, strategic and financial risks for higher education providers (HEPs). The purpose of this paper is to explore…

The added value of college radio: student self development, fulfillment, and confidence

Tal Laor

College radio stations provide tools, skills and experience to students and graduates, facilitating their integration into the media industry. The purpose of this paper is to…

Students’ self-perceived employability (SPE): Main effects and interactions of gender and field of study

Oluyomi Susan Pitan, Colette Muller

To a prospective employee, self-perception is a vital component of employability; to better understand employability, an exploration of this essential component and its…

Australian graduates’ work readiness – deficiencies, causes and potential solutions

Verma Prikshat, Alan Montague, Julia Connell, John Burgess

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…

Competencies associated with Semestre i and its relationship to academic performance: A case study

Armando Lozano-Rodríguez, Fernanda Inéz García-Vázquez, Claudia Zubieta-Ramírez, Claudia Susana Lopez-Cruz

Currently, higher education institutions are in charge of the complex task of connecting the knowledge that students acquire in the classroom to the requirements of the working…

Exploring educational advantage in the UK via graduate employment of joint honours degrees by examining pre-university tariff and degree classification

Louise Pigden, Andrew Garford Moore

In the UK, the majority of university students specialise and study just one subject at bachelor degree level, commonly known in the UK as a single honours degree. However, nearly…

Constructive and negative aspects of social capital in work-related learning networks

Nita Muir, Jenny Byrne

The purpose of this paper is to discuss empirical findings from a study that investigated the work practices within an education network, with the aim of understanding the…

Enhancing human capital beyond university boundaries

Maria Jakubik

The purpose of this paper is to present a case about the emergence of human capital (HC) during the master thesis as a work-based learning project.