Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 9 Issue 4

Work–life balance among working university students in Ghana

Edward Nartey Tetteh, Esther Julia Korkor Attiogbe

The purpose of this paper is to explore how working university students in Ghana are able to combine work and study, and the effect of this on their academic performance.

Internship and employability prospects: assessing student’s work readiness

Ilias Kapareliotis, Katerina Voutsina, Athanasios Patsiotis

Changes in the workplace have raised serious concerns about the future of work and the effectiveness of undergraduate academic programs to sufficiently prepare students for…

Effects of work value orientation and academic major satisfaction on career decision-making self-efficacy

Min Young Doo, Sung Hee Park

An increasing number of students delay graduation or graduate without a job, because they are not ready to make a career decision. In addition, the growing number of young adults…

Recognition of prior learning as an access tool

Ike Hlongwane

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of recognition of prior learning (RPL) as an alternative tool for access into learning programmes in South African Library…

An investigation into talent shortages in the Australian procurement profession

John Hopkins, Amrik Sohal

Whilst the role that procurement plays in today’s organisations is becoming increasingly strategic, recruitment into the discipline in Australia remains a significant challenge…

Are students’ mindsets those of typical start-up founders?

Mait Rungi

Studies have found that founders of start-up companies are similar to students in certain psychological characteristics. Confirming this similarity would have methodological and…

Educational advantage and employability of UK university graduates

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…

Graduate employability: How the higher education institutions can meet the demand of the labour market

Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Hyginus Emeka Nwosu, Sunday Mlanga

Following the outcry of several employers that many higher education (HE) graduates do not possess employability skills and therefore are not employable, the purpose of this…

Postgraduate work-based learning: a qualitative study

Victoria Stewart, Matthew Campbell, Sara S. McMillan, Amanda J. Wheeler

The purpose of this paper is to explore the experiences of students and teachers who had participated in a postgraduate work-based praxis course within a Master of mental health…

Students’ perceptions of employability following a capstone course

Guinevere Gilbert, Dallas Wingrove

Graduate employability represents a fundamental outcome of higher education. The purpose of this paper is to explore and compare students’ perceptions of their employability…

Improving the soft skills of engineering undergraduates in Malaysia through problem-based approaches and e-learning applications

Sadia Deep, Berhannudin Mohd Salleh, Hussain Othman

Various studies around the globe indicate lack of soft skills in engineering students, graduating from universities, although the bulk of studies in various disciplines indicate…

Constructing learning spaces – knowledge development in work-based learning

Tove Lafton, Anne Furu

The purpose of this paper is to discuss how kindergarten, as a learning arena equal to a university college, creates learning spaces that engage or intervene in the professional…

Illuminating undergraduate experiential and situated learning in podiatry clinical placement provision at a UK school of podiatric medicine

Catherine Hayes, Sonia Bussey, Yitka Graham

Situated and experiential learning methodologies are largely underresearched in relation to student experience and satisfaction. The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the…

The ethos and transformational nature of professional studies: A study of student experience in Australia

Lee Fergusson, Luke Van Der Laan, Craig White, June Balfour

The purpose of this paper is to explore the work-based learning (WBL) ethos of a professional studies doctoral program, a higher degree by research program implemented in…

Supporting the development of skills for extended practice in biomedical science: Pasta, vegetables and mushy peas!

Sara Smith, Uttara Karnik, Karen Kendall, Abigail Pugh, Kelvin Robson, Nabeel Salmons, Martin Khechara

Continual professional development is essential to foster and enhance professionals’ abilities. A wide variety of methods have been adopted to support professional learning for…

The effect of different types of education on the likelihood of employment in 29 post-communist countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Nazim Habibov, Alena Auchynnikova, Rong Luo

The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of a variety of levels of education, namely, high school, vocational and university education, on the probability of being…

Do entrepreneurial skills affect entrepreneurship attitudes in accounting education?

Sameh M. Reda Reyad, Abdalmuttaleb Musleh Al-Sartawi, Sherine Badawi, Allam Hamdan

The purpose of this paper is to present the evidence of accounting undergraduates’ attitude toward entrepreneurship, in particular, whether entrepreneurial skills developed in…

Graduates’ skills and employability: the view of students from different European countries

Elisabeth T. Pereira, Madalena Vilas-Boas, Cátia C. Rebelo

In the last decade, graduates’ employability has assumed a central role in scholars’ concerns. This was mainly due the high rate of recent graduates’ unemployment in some European…

Legislative framework for implementing recognition of prior learning

Ike Hlongwane

The purpose of this paper is to identify and highlight the key constructs of an enabling policy environment and their probable impact on development and implementation of…