Education + Training: Volume 45 Issue 7

Lifelong learning: policy and practice in further education

The lifelong learning agenda maintains a pivotal role in educational discourse. It reflects government policy that as a conceptual framework it is shaping a new model of learning…

Graduate employment and underemployment: opportunity for skill use and career experiences amongst recent business graduates

Graduate underemployment continues to be a serious and growing problem in the UK. Yet, there is a scarcity of research that has attempted to identify the nature, extent and…

Evaluating the integration of key skills and NVQs into an undergraduate degree programme: a case study from the graduate apprenticeship initiative

This article reports on a pilot graduate apprenticeship in hospitality management, currently delivered at Birmingham College of Food, Tourism and Creative Studies (BCFTCS). The…

The “INCOTERMS” challenge: using multi‐media to engage learners

This paper explores issues raised during the development and implementation of a new multimedia learning experience, outlining the context to the research and focussing on the…

Developing career and employability skills: a US case study

As a result of education and business partnerships, there is general consensus that career and employability skills should be taught in high schools, since many students leave…

Books. The Continuum Guide to Successful Teaching in Higher Education

FE should work more closely with employers

Employers may raise support for graduate recruits

Fear of debt fuels drop-out rate among students from disadvantaged homes

Reding to propose new youth programme

"Let's talk about you"

Imperial College receives Euro-loan

E-learning user group gets off the ground

Books. How to Plan and Manage an E-learning Programme

Class, gender and poverty "are still barriers to learning"

Retailers fail to buy into modern apprenticeships

Universities must be more business-friendly

National roll-out for Entry to Employment

Consumerism threatens quality in higher education

Survey reveals trends in leadership and management in post-16 learning

Italian universities "discriminating against foreign-language assistants"