Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 14 Issue 2

Drivers of strengthening university–industry collaboration: implications for favorable outcomes

Md Aktar Kamal, Souman Guha, Noor Nahar Begum, Md Abu Taher

The purpose of the study was to examine the factors that are important for strengthening university–industry collaboration (UIC). This study also investigates the outcome of UIC…

Health professions’ perspective on emergency remote education

Cleide Gisele Ribeiro, Plinio dos Santos Ramos, Raimundo Nonato Bechara, Juliano Machado de Oliveira, Erika Bicalho de Almeida, Soraida Sozzi Miguel, Djalma Rabelo Ricardo, Rodrigo Guerra de Oliveira

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a significant disruption in the educational systems worldwide. Some institutions opted for emergency remote education due to the need to cancel…

Student engagement through teamwork skills: the mediating role of psychological well-being

Sheela Bhargava, Renu Sharma

The study aims to examine the mediating effect of psychological well-being (PWB) on the relationship between teamwork skills and student engagement (SE) in higher education…

Ghana's textile and apparel sector: a strategic assessment of skills needs and development through the STED framework

Hod Anyigba, Alexander Preko, William Kwesi Senayah

This study is to examine and develop sector skills strategies and action plans for the textile and apparel (T&A) sector.

Disparities in work-integrated learning experiences for students who present as women: an international study of biases, barriers, and challenges

Tracey Bowen, Maureen T.B. Drysdale, Sarah Callaghan, Sally Smith, Kristina Johansson, Colin Smith, Barbara Walsh, Tessa Berg

This study identifies gendered disparities among women students participating in work-integrated learning and explores the effects of the disparities on their perceptions on…

An interpretive phenomenological analysis of nursing student perceptions of summative assessment feedback using LEGO® Serious Play®

Benjamin Ajibade, Catherine Hayes

The aim of the study is to explore perceptions of the impact of assessment feedback by international undergraduate nursing students. Research to date indicates that summative…

Graduate employability skills of business students: the moderating role of reflective practices

Esther Asiedu, Ebenezer Malcalm, Afia Nyarko Boakye, Cornelius Kwarkoh Kwarkoh Amoah

The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating effect of the reflective practice of business students on how it helps to develop their employability skills through various…

Comparison of requirements of graduates entering employment in Vysočina Region and region Upper Austria

Kateřina Berková, Dagmar Frendlovská, Martina Kuncová, Robert Füreder, Margarethe Überwimmer

Currently, owing to the influence of rapid globalisation, the issue of international and cross-cultural implementation of cross-cultural relationships is being widely discussed…

Can people with disabilities obtain income by using skills learned from vocational trainings? Evidence from mainland China

Wei Li, Tianran Ni, Yi Zhang, Daan Wang, Salvador Parrado

This study aims to examine the effects of vocational training programs for people with disabilities on their income.

Adaptive learning through technology: a technical review and implementation

Clay Gransden, Matthew Hindmarsh, Ngoc Chi Lê, Thi-Huyen Nguyen

There is an increase globally of students using technology to support their learning. The purpose of this paper is to outline the technical aspects of adaptive learning and…

Collaborative governance for aviation approved training organisation: an adapted model for multi-stakeholder collaboration

Oke Hendra, Benny Kurnianto, Ika Endrawijaya

This study aimed to develop an adapted collaborative governance model for aviation human resource development in Indonesia's approved training organisations (ATO), considering the…

Digital wellbeing – a review of the JISC guidance from the UK and Vietnam

Scott Foster, Trang Ly Thien, Anna Jayne Foster, Thi Hanh Tien Ho, Sarah Knight

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the discussion of wellbeing within the university education system by outlining the key issues and benefits and recognising future…

The evolution of the service-learning methodology as a university social responsibility strategy that generates shared value: a Latin American experience

Julianna Paola Ramirez Lozano, Leslie Bridshaw Araya, Renato Peñaflor Guerra

The study analyzed how the service-learning (SL) methodology can become a university social responsibility (USR) strategy that generates shared value for the university and its…

Serial multiple mediation of career adaptability and self-perceived employability in the relationship between career competencies and job search self-efficacy

Merve Gerçek

This study aims to explore the relationships between career competencies and job search self-efficacy via the serial multiple mediation effect of career adaptability and…

Promoting sustainable learning among accounting students: evidence from field experimental design

Noor Ul Hadi, Assim Ibrhaim Abdel-Razzaq

Several studies have attempted to explain the integration of sustainable development in business school curricula. However, little is known about who (male students vs female…

A profile of core workplace skills in developing countries: utilizing PIAAC datasets

Xiao Xu

Utilizing datasets of Ecuador, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Mexico and Peru from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies survey from 2017 to 2018, this study…

EdTech applications and their adoption in Indian education sector–a bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review

Vaibhav Aaradhi, Debarun Chakraborty

This research intends to analyse the trend in educational technology (EdTech) over the last 20 years using systematic scientific mapping and bibliometric analysis and how it…