Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 12 Issue 4

Is the future of internships online? An examination of stakeholder attitudes towards online internships

Amy Irwin, Joy Perkins, Leah Luise Hillari, Darja Wischerath

The world of work is becoming digital, a process accelerated by the recent COVID-19 pandemic and resultant remote working guidelines. Online internships have become more popular…

Development and validation of the professional sense of competence scale (ProSOCS) for practitioners who treat disruptive behaviours in children

Kellie Swan, Dianne C. Shanley, Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck

The purpose of this paper is to develop a measure of practitioner sense of competence when treating children with disruptive behaviours.

A predictive framework for sustainable youth skills development

Arnesh Telukdarie, Megashnee Munsamy, Popopo Jonas Mohlala, Lesego Lydia Monnapula, Radhakrishnan Viswanathan

The purpose of this research is to investigate sustainable strategies for skills development that is specific to the youth of South Africa. International and South African data…

Stress during work placement – examining positive outcomes for hospitality students in a work-integrated learning programme

Anusha Ramgoolam-Atchiamith, Aila Khan, Cristina Rodrigues, Karina Michelle Wardle

Work-integrated learning (WIL) is an integral part of hospitality curriculums in Australia. Experiencing stress during WIL is expected, as students try to balance work and other…

Games theory and strategic alliances: applications to British Russian partnership

Issam Tlemsani, Mohamed Ashmel Mohamed Hashim, Robin Matthews

This conceptual paper examines the need for viable theoretical models of international learning alliances in the light of cooperative games and complexity in two distinguished…

Debate as a learning activity for teaching programming: a case in the subject of machine learning

Uma Gunasilan

Debates are well known to encompass a variety of skills we would like higher education candidates to embody when they graduate.

Preparedness for paid- and self-employment: perceptions amongst Ekiti State University agricultural students, Nigeria

Kamal Adekunle Abdu-Raheem

Graduate unemployment in agriculture is a serious challenge in Nigeria. Literatures suggest two arguments explaining this. First, the skills possessed by graduates are mostly…

A between-subject design to evaluate students' employability in the Lebanese labor market

Kevin Sevag Kertechian, Silva Karkoulian, Hussein N. Ismail, Samar Samir Aad Makhoul

This study aims to examine the effect of experience abroad, academic success and university reputation on students' employability in the Lebanese labor market.

The effects of social marketing efforts in motivating unemployed adults' participation in skills training programmes in South Africa

Celestin Mayombe

The concern in this article is that there is low interest in adult education and training (AET) programmes of the unemployed adults in developing countries. The purpose of the…

Getting students out there; using community partnerships to engage students

Liz Cain, John E. Goldring, Julie Scott Jones

The purpose of the paper is to discuss the “Q-Step in the Community” programme, part of the Q-Step Centre based in the Sociology Department at Manchester Metropolitan University…

Youth high unemployment/unemployability in South Africa: the unemployed graduates' perspectives

Zethembe Mseleku

The purpose of this paper is to explore youth graduate unemployment and unemployability as a development problem in South Africa.

Blended learning model incorporating online learning for a competency-focused, work-based learning (WBL) programme – allied healthcare case-study

Kirpa Chandan, Carmel Kealey, Patrick Timpson, Brian Murphy

This study investigates a blended learning model which incorporates online learning for a competency-focused, work-based learning (WBL) programme within allied healthcare. The…