Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 11 Issue 5

“You are not as localised as I need”: employability of Chinese returning graduates

Ly Thi Tran, Jill Blackmore, Mark Rahimi

International student employability has been accorded increased emphasis in the internationalisation agendas, especially in major destination countries as it shapes universities'…

Perceived supervisor support and learner’s career curiosity: the mediating effect of sense of belonging, engagement and self-efficacy

Ugochukwu Chinonso Okolie, Chinedu Ochinanwata, Nonso Ochinanwata, Paul Agu Igwe, Gloria Obiageli Okorie

This study investigates the relationship between perceived supervisor support (PSS) and learner career curiosity and tests the mediating role of sense of belonging, engagement and…

Gender, sexual orientation, academic self-concept and leadership

Jeffrey A. Miles, Stefanie E. Naumann

The study's purpose is to present and empirically test a model that identifies academic self-concept as a mediator of the relationship between gender, sexual orientation and…

Qualification as a societal challenge and the role of higher education from a system approach

Alessandro R. Goulart, Lara B. Liboni, Luciana O. Cezarino

Looking at the planet as our main and unique asset, the authors encounter fragile zones needing special attention more than others, such as emerging countries. One of their most…

Virtual learning approach to biological engineering courses in Uruguay during COVID-19

Camila Simoes, Parag Chatterjee, Lucía Paola Lemes, Andreína Tesis, Franco La Paz, Gonzalo Cuñarro, María Belén Masset, Vanessa Yelós, Mariano Parodi, Juan Cardelino, Ricardo Armentano

In times when digitized and blended learning paradigms are getting more profuse, the COVID-19 pandemic substantially changed the dynamics of this program, forcing all the courses…

The relationship between employability skills and career adaptability: a case of undergraduate students of the United Arab Emirates

Khalizani Khalid, Abdul Majeed Ahmad

The purpose of this study is to examine the psychometric properties of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS-Arabic form) and investigates the relationship between Emirati…

Assessment of current and future critical skills in the South African construction industry

Innocent Musonda, Chioma Okoro

The role of skills development in attaining productivity and competitiveness in industry and global level cannot be overemphasized in the construction sector. The study aims to…

English for Professionals students' perceptions of the relevance of internship to their undergraduate courses and career choices

Fauzilah Md Husain, Omer Hassan Ali Mahfoodh

This qualitative study examined English for Professionals students' experience of the internship programme and their perceptions of the relevance of the internship programme to…

The role of national service in enhancing employability skills of tertiary graduates in Ghana: a case of national service personnel in the Central Region

Moses Segbenya, Nana Yaw Oppong, Sally Abena Baafi-Frimpong

One of the means to enhance the employability skills of tertiary graduates transiting into the job market has been the compulsory national service instituted by the Government of…

The influence of part-time work on graduates' careers

Carl Evans, Ceri Vaughan

The purpose of this paper is to explore university students' perceptions about career development in relation to their part-time working and to examine whether students maximise…

Cooperative language learning elements to enhance social skills in English classrooms: a case study

Gina Camacho-Minuche, Verónica Espinoza-Celi, Eva Ulehlova

The aim was to prove the efficacy of the five cooperative learning elements applied in English classrooms and to demonstrate how effective they were to develop social skills in…

The strategy of Islamic economic colleges to prepare their graduates to work in Islamic banks

Muhammad Zakiy

Academic achievement is not a determinant of college graduates' work readiness, but it requires adequate knowledge and skills to be accepted to work in companies. The purpose of…

Career decision-making difficulties among university students: does employment status matter?

Abdulfattah Yaghi, Nizar Alabed

The study adapted the Career Decision Making Difficulties Questionnaire for the Arab world. The purpose of the study was to test a popular but scientifically unverified belief…

Pre-service teachers' acquisition of scientific knowledge and scientific skills through inquiry-based laboratory activity

Cristina Valls-Bautista, Anna Solé-LLussà, Marina Casanoves

Scientific inquiry is a leading methodology that promotes science process skills to acquire scientific knowledge. There is evidence that primary school teachers have difficulties…

Understanding emotional empathy at postgraduate business programmes: what does the use of EEG reveal for future leaders?

Steve Lambert, Nikolaos Dimitriadis, Michael Taylor, Matteo Venerucci

This paper focusses on the leaders' ability to recognise and empathise with emotions. This is important because leadership and particularly transformational leadership are…

An evaluation of public policy student placements: outcomes of a Malta-based study

Anne Marie Thake

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate short-term, unpaid placements offered to students reading for a degree in public policy. They provide added value to their tertiary…

Unveiling business school interns' satisfaction toward online summer internship program amid COVID-19

Rashmi Maini, Sanandi Sachdeva, Guneet Kaur Mann

The objective of this research is to explore factors that influence interns' satisfaction (is) toward the e-internship program, an alternate adopted by management institutes in…

Essential employable skill sets in management graduates for finance job roles in India

Shruti Srinivasan, Ravikumar Thangaraj

There has been an increase in the number of highly qualified management graduates specialized in finance from various esteemed universities in India, thus increasing the…

Social entrepreneurship education: changemaker training at the university

Abel García-González, María Soledad Ramírez-Montoya

This study aims to contribute to the body of scientific knowledge about teaching and promoting social entrepreneurship in higher education institutions (HEIs) based on a…

Collaborative engagement experience-based learning: a teaching framework for business education

Shelly L. Freyn, Mina Sedaghatjou, Sheree Rodney

An academic–practitioner divide exists suggesting the need for business education curriculum to more appropriately suit private-sector demands. This calls for pedagogical…