On the Horizon: Volume 25 Issue 2

Transversal skills development through cooperative learning. Training teachers for the future

Natalia Larraz, Sandra Vázquez, Marta Liesa

The purpose of this study is to analyze and assess the impact of cooperative learning in the acquisition of generic skills in teaching students.

Effective leadership can positively impact school performance

Brandy C. Sirchia Huguet

The purpose of this paper is to review literature about effective leadership’s impact on school performance, as a basis for schools to focus on, to encourage similar…

Paradigm shift in higher education?

Vesa Taatila

The purpose of this paper is to widen the discussion about the ongoing paradigm shift in global higher education.

WIL and business graduate skill transfer to workplace

Shweta Sangwan, Shalini Garg

The purpose of this paper is to understand MBA skill transfer, employability and how work-integrated learning (WIL) can help in ensuring the availability of employable…

Can universities save us from disaster?

Nicholas Maxwell

The purpose of this paper is to spell out the urgent need to correct structural rationality defects in academia as it exists at present, so that it may become actively and…

The expectations gap for engineering field in Malaysia in the 21st century

Alena Y.T. Tan, Esyin Chew, Vineetha Kalavally

This paper aims to explore the expectations of relevant stakeholders in the engineering field to better understand the demands of the twenty-first century. As the number…