Education + Training: Volume 64 Issue 2

Guest editorial “role of training for labour market integration”

Vidmantas Tūtlys

Multilevel comprehension for labor market inclusion: a qualitative study on experts' perspectives on Industry 4.0 competences

Francesco Tommasi, Marco Perini, Riccardo Sartori

Given the exponential and massive technological disruption in work that Industry 4.0 will lead to, nowadays, authors and practitioners within the field of education and training…

VET ecosystems and labour market integration of at-risk youth in the Baltic countries: implications of Baltic neoliberalism

Vidmantas Tūtlys, Ilze Buligina, Juris Dzelme, Genutė Gedvilienė, Krista Loogma, Biruta Sloka, Tarja Irene Tikkanen, Ginta Tora, Lina Vaitkutė, Terje Valjataga, Meril Ümarik

The paper seeks to disclose the features and implications of the neoliberal VET and employment policy agendas for the social and institutional VET ecosystems and the integration…

Employer perspectives on workforce integration of self-initiated expatriates in Canada

Nita Chhinzer, Jinuk Oh

This study explores employer perspectives regarding barriers to and responsibility for the workforce integration of skilled immigrants. Specifically, this study assesses employer…

Three decades of interventions for the unemployed – review of practices between 1990 and 2020 and their effects on (re) employment competencies

Macarena-Paz Celume, Helene Korda

This paper provides evidence of the outcomes proposed by the reviewed programmes and their level of effectiveness.

Vulnerable workers and the demise of adult education in England

Emma Wallis, Lizel Nacua, Jonathan Winterton

This paper reviews changing government policy on adult education in England over the past 20 years and the funding regimes affecting adult and community learning and union-led…

Exploration of employability perceptions with blended multi-criteria decision-making methods

Adrian Castro-Lopez, Sílvia Monteiro, Ana B. Bernardo, Leandro S. Almeida

The purpose of this paper is to explore employment perception of students as a relevant indicator of higher education quality, using blended multi-criteria decision-making methods.

“Still haven't found what I am looking for”: rural black students' perceived work readiness and assessment of labor market access

Tinashe Harry, Willie Tafadzwa Chinyamurindi

South African Black graduates experience a transition challenge between the higher education context and the labor market system. The study focuses on rural Black students'…

The impact of industry-oriented capstone courses on the employability of EECS students in technological universities

Jen-Chia Chang, Hsiao-Fang Shih, Fan-Ru Liao

This study used the industry-oriented capstone course to increase the employability of electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) students in technological university.