Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 8 Issue 3

Work-based and vocational education as catalysts for sustainable development?

Tony Wall, Ann Hindley

Sustainability 2030: a policy perspective from the University Vocational Awards Council

Mandy Samantha Crawford-Lee, Tony Wall

The policy and practice sphere of higher education, skills and work-based learning has become increasingly problematic in the last few years, and the extent to which…

The green economy learning assessment South Africa: Lessons for higher education, skills and work-based learning

Eureta Rosenberg, Heila Betrie Lotz-Sisitka, Presha Ramsarup

The purpose of this paper is to share and analyse the methodology and findings of the 2016 Green Economy Learning Assessment South Africa, including learning needs identified with…

Flexible education in Australia: A reflection from the perspective of the UN’s sustainable development goals

Kathryn Gay Hardwick-Franco

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to explore the extent to which the South Australian flexible learning option (FLO) secondary school enrolment strategy supports some…

Social innovation and sustainable tourism lab: an explorative model

Javier Castro-Spila, Rosa Torres, Carolina Lorenzo, Alba Santa

The purpose of this paper is to devise an experimental lab like infrastructure in the higher education connecting social innovation with sustainable tourism.

Sustainability in the professional accounting and finance curriculum: an exploration

Langton Mburayi, Tony Wall

Whereas the integration of sustainability into business schools has received increasing attention in recent years, the debate continues to be generic rather than recognising the…

eLearning within the Community of Practice for sustainable development

Ihor Katernyak, Viktoriya Loboda, Maryana Kulya

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the use of two knowledge management tools – eLearning and Community of Practice (CoP) – promotes the culture of managing by…

Clients, clinics and social justice: Reducing inequality (and embedding legal ethics) via an LLB portfolio pathway

Robert Collinson, Alice Diver, Sharon McAvoy

The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of an innovative, three-module pathway designed by the Department of Law and Criminology at Edge Hill University (England) in…

Drama in higher education for sustainability: work-based learning through fiction?

Eva Österlind

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the use of drama in the context of professional learning for sustainability, and specifically, a drama workshop on sustainability for…