Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 12 Issue 1

Architecture in the UK: a study in professional entry-routes and entry-gates

Stan Lester

This paper examines architecture as an example of the evolving context of qualifying routes in UK professions.

Training transfer model as a possibility for the mandatory internship at sport science undergraduate courses

Verónica Gabriela Silva Piovani, Ieda Parra Barbosa Rinaldi, Jorge Both

This article aims to explain the transfer of training model used in the training of human resources within organizations and its possibilities for the mandatory internship (MI) in…

The development of self-efficacy and self-leadership within USA accredited sales programs: an exploratory study on sales career preparedness

Peter Knight, Karen Peesker, Claudia C. Mich

The purpose of this exploratory study is to investigate the impact of sales education on recent graduates' career preparedness and understand how sales programs might prepare…

Service-learning to foster microenterprise development in Mexico

Alejandro Mungaray-Lagarda, Germán Osorio-Novela, Natanael Ramírez-Angulo

This paper presents a university service-learning program as an innovative model of assistance to deliver business development services to Mexican microenterprises.

Undergraduate teaching assistantships: exploring career readiness and relationality among Emirati students

Mazna Patka, Maryam Fuad Bukhash, Jigar Jogia, Mariapaola Barbato, Mona Moussa

The purpose of this study was to pilot an undergraduate teaching assistantship for Emirati students, an area of scholarship underexplored in the Middle East. The teaching…

What next for end-point assessments?

Denise Baker, David Robertshaw

This paper reflects on changes to end-point assessment (EPA) brought about as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and considers how proposed future change will impact on training…

“Teaching employability is not my job!”: redefining embedded employability from within the higher education curriculum

Kate Daubney

This paper introduces a new approach to embedding employability by extracting from higher education curriculum the knowledge, attributes, skills and experience that employers…

Experiential learning model: improving entrepreneurial values through internship program at start-ups

Donald Crestofel Lantu, Yulianto Suharto, Ira Fachira, Anggraeni Permatasari, Grisna Anggadwita

The development of teaching methods in the field of entrepreneurship education is a challenge for academics to achieve “real active learning.” This paper aims to investigate the…

Producing work-ready commercial art graduates: stakeholders' perceptions

Josephine Sarpong-Nyantakyi, Patrick Osei-Poku, Eric Francis Eshun

Graduate unemployment is widely reported not only in Ghana but also across the globe. The purpose of this study is to examine the relevance of the HND Commercial Art Programme…

Student work readiness in Australian engineering workplaces through work integrated learning

Nirmal Kumar Mandal, Francis Robert Edwards

As part of the Co-Operative Education Program (CEP) under study, a Work-integrated Learning (WIL) student engagement framework is presented. The framework focusses on the…

Competency assessment and learning results in tourism internships: is gender a relevant factor?

Raquel Ferreras-Garcia, Jordi Sales-Zaguirre, Enric Serradell-López

The aim of this article is to provide evidence about how the acquisition of competencies through internships influence student learning process results, and about whether learning…

Entrepreneurship analysis in Spanish universities

Gemma Renart Vicens, Laura Vall-llosera Casanovas, Carme Saurina Canals, Laura Serra

Entrepreneurship requires the attitudes and capabilities needed to begin new and innovative projects able to create positive impacts in the economy of a society. Given that it…