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Direct linkRayment, John; Smith, Jonathan – Education & Training, 2013
Purpose: Considerable debate since the global financial crisis has been evident concerning the role of business schools. This article aims to outline the authors' research on their role. Design/methodology/approach: The paper begins with an overview of the significant literature highlighting the current debates impacting on business schools…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, School Role, Foreign Countries, Educational Objectives
Cunningham, John; Hillier, Emilie – Education & Training, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to define characteristics and processes that enhance informal learning in a public sector workplace. Design/methodology/approach: Based on interviews and questionnaires, the authors solicited examples of informal learning practices that 40 supervisors experienced during their careers. The examples were content…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Learning Activities, Public Sector, Informal Education
Broadbent, Robyn; Cacciattolo, Marcelle; Papadopoulos, Theo – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: Career programmes within secondary school curriculum can impact on a young person's sense of direction and meaning in life. The purpose of this paper is to report on an evaluation that was conducted in 2009 of the careers programmes in one secondary college in the western suburbs of Melbourne. Design/methodology/approach: The research…
Descriptors: Evidence, Urban Schools, Student Attitudes, Focus Groups
Rosti, Luisa; Chelli, Francesco – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to verify whether higher education increases the likelihood of young Italian workers moving from non-standard to standard wage contracts. Design/methodology/approach: The authors exploit a data set on labour market flows, produced by the Italian National Statistical Office, by interviewing about 85,000…
Descriptors: Wages, Higher Education, Labor Market, Graduates
Sligo, Frank – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges faced by tutors who were providing remedial literacy support to New Zealand apprentices. Design/methodology/approach: As part of a wider, triangulated study of employers, tutors, apprentices, and industry training coordinators, the author undertook a qualitative analysis of ten…
Descriptors: Role Conflict, Figurative Language, Foreign Countries, Tutors
Du Plessis, Karin; Corney, Tim; Broadbent, Robyn; Papadopoulos, Theo – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The aim of the paper is to locate the role of social and emotional support during the school-to-work transitions of apprentices, within the Australian vocational education and training context. Design/methodology/approach: The research reported here is based on an independent evaluation of an apprentice suicide prevention and support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prevention, Suicide, Vocational Education
Becker, Karen; Fleming, Julie; Keijsers, Wilhelmina – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide description and analysis of how a traditional industry is currently using e-learning, and to identify how the potential of e-learning can be realised whilst acknowledging the technological divide between younger and older workers. Design/methodology/approach: An exploratory qualitative methodology…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Industry, Generational Differences, Change Strategies
Hynie, Michaela; Jensen, Krista; Johnny, Michael; Wedlock, Jane; Phipps, David – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate whether unstructured graduate student research internships conducted in collaboration with community agencies build capacity and knowledge for students and community. Design/methodology/approach: The paper reports the results of four semi-structured interviews and 20 pre- and post-internship…
Descriptors: World Problems, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes, Internship Programs
Sappa, Viviana; Bonica, Laura – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: This study aims to deal with the role of vocational training in developing social inclusion by analyzing the school-to-work transitional outcomes of early school leavers whose successful experience in vocational training was documented in previous works. Design/methodology/approach: The sample comprises 126 males who enrolled in and…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship, Transitional Programs
Jones, Paul; Miller, Christopher; Pickernell, David; Packham, Gary – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The objective of this paper is to examine the initiation of the University of the Heads of the Valley Initiative (UHOVI) project and evaluate the development of its focus, materials and structure. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology employs interviews with a purposive sample of local employer stakeholders. The rationale for this…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Skill Development
Smith, Kelly; Beasley, Martin – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the factors that influenced seven graduates in the creative and digital industries to start their own businesses in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK--an area with lack of employing establishments and locally registered businesses. Design/methodology/approach: Questionnaires and semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Mentors, Industry, Global Approach, Outcomes of Education
Jones, Paul; Miller, Christopher; Jones, Amanda; Packham, Gary; Pickernell, David; Zbierowski, Przemyslaw – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The Polish economy is continuing its expansion through the adoption of free market economics in the post-communist era. To encourage this growth in a future where difficult global economic conditions are likely to persist, it is essential that entrepreneurial activity is encouraged within the next generation of graduates. This study aims…
Descriptors: Free Enterprise System, Interviews, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
Muhammad, Ali; Akbar, Saeed; Dalziel, Murray – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: This study seeks to examine self-perceived entrepreneurial problems and prospects in a post-war scenario. It aims to present a holistic and historical account of Afghan graduates and their ability to transform into educated entrepreneurs. The study further aims to highlight entrepreneurial characteristics of the Afghans and link them to…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Interviews, Entrepreneurship, Business
Ayarkwa, J.; Dansoh, Ayirebi; Adinyira, E.; Amoah, P. – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to assess the perception of the Ghanaian construction industry of the performance of entry-level building technology graduates. Also, other non-technical skills or attributes expected from building technology graduates are to be compared with the actual proficiency of the graduates. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Consultants, Construction Industry, Graduates, Program Effectiveness
Ashton, Daniel – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the situated understandings that higher education students can offer on their employability, and to make sense of "employability" in industry and career context-specific ways. The paper further seeks to explore potential critical reflections on emerging professional practice and future employment…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Industry, Focus Groups, Quality of Life
