Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 6 Issue 1

Work-based learning through negotiated projects – exploring learning at the boundary

Anne Algers, Berner Lindström, Lars Svensson

More collaborative and open learning models are suggested as part of the paradigm shift in the way knowledge is produced, distributed, and used. The purpose of this paper is to…

Psychological attributes and work-integrated learning: an international study

Maureen T B Drysdale, Margaret L McBeath, Kristina Johansson, Sheri Dressler, Elena Zaitseva

The purpose of this paper is to explore – on an international level – the relationship between work-integrated learning (WIL) and several psychological attributes (i.e. hope…

A framework for work-based learning: basic pillars and the interactions between them

Reina Ferrández-Berrueco, Tauno Kekale, David Devins

European policy is placing an increasing emphasis on involving employers and labour market institutions in the design and delivery of higher education (HE) programmes that match…

Redefining “Employability” as something to be achieved: Utilising Tronto’s conceptual framework of care to refocus the debate

James Reid

The purpose of this paper is to contribute a broader understanding of the complexity in relationships of power and responsibility in employability in higher education contexts and…

Ecologies of practice in tertiary art and design: a review of two cases

Arianne Jennifer Rourke, Kim Snepvangers

The purpose of this paper is to re-orientate assessment tasks in tertiary art and design, arguing the important role ecologies of practice and work-place learning play in…

The Work-based Learning Student Handbook

Lesley Lawrence

Organizational supports and individuals commitments through work integrated learning

Antoine Pierre Pennaforte

The development of individual work competencies through work integrated learning (WIL) emanates from expectations of students to learn from both the workplace and their…

Undergraduate employability training and employment: a UAE study

Osama El-Temtamy, K. Kathleen O'Neill, Sadiq Midraj

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the link between female undergraduate student participation in a university-sponsored employment skills development program and…