Education + Training: Volume 57 Issue 2

A longitudinal study on newcomers’ perception of organisational culture

Duygu Turker, Ceren Altuntas

The purpose of this paper is to analyse how newcomers’ perceptions of organisational culture can change over time. The study tries to address whether initial working experience…

Towards an integrated academic assessment: closing employers’ expectations?

Ngat-Chin Lim

The purpose of this paper is to showcase that the integration of academic assessment with workplace performance appraisal practices can help to address the gap between graduate…

A transformative approach to work integrated learning in legal education

Alperhan Babacan, Hurriyet Babacan

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the current context, scope and problems in the provision of work-integrated learning (WIL) in legal education and how the adoption…

Still focusing on the “essential 2:1”: exploring student attitudes to extra-curricular activities

Paul Greenbank

In order to compete for positional advantage in the graduate labour market students need more than a good degree classification. The evidence suggests that participation in…

Experiential learning in accounting work-integrated learning: a three-way partnership

Evangeline Elijido-Ten, Louise Kloot

Work-integrated learning (WIL) helps improve the work readiness of accounting graduates. The purpose of this paper is to explore the role played by large and small-to-medium…

Becoming a graduate: the warranting of an emergent identity

Leonard M. Holmes

With expansion of higher education in most developed and developing economies, graduates constitute a large section of the workforce. However, even prior to the economic problems…

Assessing the status of entrepreneurship education courses in higher learning institutions: The case of Tanzania education schools

Katherine Fulgence

The purpose of this paper is to assess the status of entrepreneurship courses offered in education schools. It provides recommendations for how to address the existing challenges…