Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 7 Issue 4

Editorial

Ruth Helyer

Transforming the student-learning experience: the Triple-V model of experiential learning

Sue Mortimer

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the Triple-V model of experiential learning, when applied to Higher Education (HE), can transform the student-learning experience…

Preparing sports graduates for employment: satisfying employers expectations

Track Dinning

The purpose of this paper is to explore from an employer’s perspective the skills, attributes and capabilities required of a sports graduate, whilst also discovering how a student…

Employer assessments of business interns

Miriam Rothman

A 2012 international survey by McKinsey & Co. reported a schism among higher education providers, employers and youth in regard to their perception about graduates’ adequate…

Reconciling activity-based descriptions of competence with professional work

Stan Lester

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the problems of applying competence standards to professional-level work, noting limitations in functional approaches and drawing on…

Work-integrated learning (WIL) in information technology: An exploration of employability skills gained from internships

Faye R. Jones, Marcia A. Mardis, Charles R. McClure, Jinxuan Ma, Chandrahasa Ambavarapu, Laura I. Spears

The purpose of this paper is to analyze 86 information technology (IT) internship postings to discern the extent to which the intended outcomes matched professional standards for…

Determinants of skills demand in a state- intervening labour market: The case of South African transport sector

Khotso Tsotsotso, Elizabeth Montshiwa, Precious Tirivanhu, Tebogo Fish, Siyabonga Sibiya, Tshepo Mlangeni, Matsemela Moloi, Nhlanlha Mahlangu

The purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of the drivers and determinants of skills demand in South Africa, given the country’s history and its current design as a…

UVAC commentary

Adrian Anderson