Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 14 Issue 6

Examining knowledge and skills acquisition from youth leadership programs in Brunei: is self-esteem the missing link in training transfer?

Adilah Hisa, Nurul Amirah Ishak, Md Zahidul Islam

This study aims to examine the impact of knowledge and skills acquisition from youth leadership programs on the extent of training transfer. Additionally, it explores the role of…

Vicarious learning and graduates' adaptive career behaviours: the case of graduates on clinical internships

Christian Ehiobuche

The effect of vicarious learning during clinical or medical internships on graduates' adaptive career behaviours has attracted scant attention from healthcare researchers…

I will get my job: moderated and mediation model of students' perceived employability in post-pandemic era

Abdul Hafaz Ngah, Nurul Izni Kamarulzaman, Saifullizam Puteh, Nurul Ain Chua Abdullah, Nur Asma Ariffin, Long Fei

The current study investigates the factors influencing graduates’ perceived employability by utilizing the stimulus-organism-response theory, in the post pandemic era.

Exploring the impact of serious leisure on well-being and self-perceived employability: the mediating role of career adaptability amongst Chinese undergraduates

Yin Ma, P.M. Nimmi, Maria Mouratidou, William E. Donald

This study aims to explore the impact of engaging in serious leisure (SL) on the well-being (WB) and self-perceived employability (PE) of university students while also…

A qualitative study of transformative learning during internships

Jiunwen Wang, Ivy Chia, Jerry Yap

The purpose of this study is to document the process of transformative learning during students’ internships.

Beyond the hard and soft skills paradigm: an Australian architecture industry perspective on employability and the university/practice divide

Sebastian Smith, Karine Dupre, Julie Crough

This study explores practitioners’ perspectives on the perceived gap between university and practice beyond the hard and soft skill paradigm. Utilising Tomlinson’s graduate…

Curse or blessing? Students’ experience from ChatGPT with an application of Colaizzi’s phenomenological descriptive method of enquiry and content analysis

Md. Rabiul Awal, Asaduzzaman

This qualitative work aims to explore the university students’ attitude toward advantages, drawbacks and prospects of ChatGPT.

Employability skills among work ready professionals in higher education: mapping the field through bibliometric analysis with R studio

Vijay Rathee, Preeti Mittal

The current study intends to synthesise the prior studies on employability skills among work-ready professionals in higher education through bibliometric and network visualisation…

A landscape of practice approach to enhance employability: insights from domestic and international postgraduates

Behnam Soltani, William E. Donald

Drawing on a theoretical framework of sustainable career ecosystem theory, our paper aims to consider how domestic and international postgraduates can enhance their employability…

Higher technology education and industry interface: how the theory of planned behavior applies in student work-integrated learning and job search intention link

Samson Onyeluka Chukwuedo, Anthony Osinachi Okorafor, Ikechukwu Chidiebere Odogwu, Francisca Nebechi Nnajiofor

Within the umbrella of technology and vocational education (TVET), technology or technical education in higher institutions of learning is obligated to produce the required…

Can you credit it? Towards a process for ascribing credit to apprenticeships in England

Darryll Willem Bravenboer, Mandy Crawford-Lee, Clare Dunn

Apprenticeships in England, while defined by level and typical duration, are not quantified regarding the number of learning hours required to achieve the outcomes specified, as…