Education + Training: Volume 63 Issue 9

Applying theory in practice: views of graduating business students

Kelly Benati, Sophie Lindsay, Juan Fischer

Universities have traditionally focused on imparting theoretical knowledge, which graduates then transfer to the workplace. However, the unpredictable modern workplace makes this…

Cultivating social capital: an exploratory analysis of business postgraduates in Ghana

Desmond Tutu Ayentimi, Robert Ebo Hinson, John Burgess

This paper, grounded on social capital and social networking theory, examines how postgraduate students in Ghana cultivate and utilise social resources towards career development.

Life situations and lived experiences of young people who are not in education, employment, or training in South Africa

Walter Matli, Mpho Ngoepe

In recent years, South Africa has continued to experience a high rate of young people who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET). The emergence of the concept ‘NEET’…

Experiential Entrepreneurship Education and the student-focused Entrepreneurial University

Leigh Morland, Jonathan Matthew Scott, John L. Thompson

The purpose of this paper is to explore the provision and reported outcomes of Experiential Entrepreneurship Education (EEE), from learner, educator and university perspectives…

Longitudinal associations between soft skills, education and labour market outcomes: evidence from a survey of young Australians

Cameron J. Forrest, Tasman Swanton

The purpose of this paper is to develop a measure of soft skills suitable for use in a large survey of Australian adolescents.

Game learning analytics of instant messaging and online discussion forums in higher education

Ana Beatriz Hernández-Lara, Alexandre Perera-Lluna, Enric Serradell-López

With the growth of digital education, students increasingly interact in a variety of ways. The potential effects of these interactions on their learning process are not fully…

Role ambiguity in entrepreneurship education: expectation gaps between educators and students in venture creation courses

Aki Harima, Agnieszka Kroczak, Martina Repnik

This study aims to explore expectation gaps concerning the roles between educators and students in the context of venture creation courses at higher education institutions by…

From high school to workplace: investigating the effects of soft skills on career engagement through the role of psychological capital in different age groups

Farida Aryani, Hillman Wirawan, Abdul Saman, Sulaiman Samad, Muhammad Jufri

This study aims at investigating the indirect effect of soft skills on career engagement through the role of psychological capital (PsyCap) in different age groups. The social…

Can gamification and interface design aesthetics lead to MOOCs' success?

Yung-Ming Cheng

The purpose of this study is to propose an integrated post-adoption model based on expectation-confirmation model (ECM) and flow theory to examine whether gamification and…

Towards competence-oriented higher education: a systematic literature review of the different perspectives on successful exit profiles

Sanna Brauer

The twenty-first century education system seeks to meet the societal demands of economic effectiveness and the unique professional development needs of individuals. This paper…

Business students' future time perspective and quality of university life: evidence from Vietnam

Nguyen N.Q. Thu, Nguyen T.M. Trang, Nguyen Dinh Tho

This study, based on self-determination theory (SDT), investigates the effect of business students' future time perspective (FTP), directly and indirectly (mediated by deep…