Education + Training: Volume 50 Issue 3

Entrepreneurship education: towards an industry sector approach

Ita Richardson, Briga Hynes

The purpose of this paper is to consider the requirements for an industry sector approach to entrepreneurship education – the information and communications technology (ICT…

Building bridges between university and industry: theory and practice

Sandra Meredith, Martha Burkle

The purpose of this paper is to examine the level of benefit to learning through developing strong links between universities and industry, and to suggest a methodology for…

Retention and intentions to quit among Australian male apprentices

Kathryn Gow, Chantelle Warren, David Anthony, Connie Hinschen

In response to both the increasing concern of the declining rates of apprentices and the limited research in this area, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the individual…

Teaching HE students with emotional and behavioural difficulties

M.J. Taylor, M. Baskett, S. Duffy, C. Wren

The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of the types of adjustments appropriate to university teaching practices for students with emotional and behavioural…

Enhancing the labour market prospects of ICT students in a developing country

Khalid S. Rabayah, Badie Sartawi

The purpose of this paper is to present the evaluation results of a training initiative, undertaken in Palestine, that targeted fresh graduates in information and communication…

Contradictions in the practices of training for and assessment of competency: A case study from the maritime domain

Gholamreza Emad, Wolff Michael Roth

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the contradictions in the current maritime education and training system (MET), which is based on competency‐based education, training…