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Direct linkDobele, Angela R.; Gangemi, Michael; Kopanidis, Foula; Thomas, Stuart – Education & Training, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine a University's at risk program and ask is the intervention strategy working? The program seeks to assist at risk students who may be experiencing difficulties transitioning, for example from school into university. The program also seeks to identify problems and suggest remediation strategies before…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Characteristics, Learner Engagement, At Risk Students
Gemici, Sinan; Curtis, David D. – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of participation in workplace learning among senior secondary students in Australia. Work placements are deemed to be effective if they meet policy objectives of improving student transitions by (a) enhancing Year 12 completion rates and (b) increasing the engagement of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Part Time Employment, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Rosenberg, Stuart; Heimler, Ronald; Morote, Elsa-Sofia – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: This paper seeks to examine the basic employability skills needed for job performance, the reception of these skills in college, and the need for additional training in these skills after graduation. Design/methodology/approach: The research was based on a triangular design approach, in which the attitudes of three distinct groups--recent…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Job Performance, College Graduates, Program Effectiveness
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
Renganathan, Sumathi; Karim, Zainal Ambri Bin Abdul; Li, Chong Su – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: An important aspect of an academic curriculum in higher learning institutions for technical disciplines is the industrial internship programme for students. The purpose of this paper is to investigate students' perception of the effectiveness of an industrial internship programme offered by a private technological university in Malaysia.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Education, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries
Shi, Jiwei Jenny; Chen, Yudong; Gifford, Elena Kate; Jin, Hui – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to obtain a shared understanding of entrepreneurship education and to evaluate the effectiveness of employability and enterprise division in current fashion courses and amongst the students between a British and a Chinese university (UClan and SCAU). Design/methodology/approach: It is a three-stage…
Descriptors: International Education, Participant Observation, Focus Groups, Semi Structured Interviews
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
Balan, Peter; Metcalfe, Mike – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: Entrepreneurship education particularly requires student engagement because of the complexity of the entrepreneurship process. The purpose of this paper is to describe how an established measure of engagement can be used to identify relevant teaching methods that could be used to engage any group of entrepreneurship students.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Expertise, Weighted Scores, Entrepreneurship
Patel, Nayna; Brinkman, Willem-Paul; Coughlan, Jane – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate and understand whether students who complete a work placement as part of their degree course achieve a better classification of degree than those students who do not include a placement. Design/methodology/approach: The study was conducted by extracting the profiles of computing students from…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Foreign Countries, Work Experience Programs, Academic Achievement
Gannon, Judie M.; Maher, Angela – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the value of an alumni and employer engagement mentoring initiative in a hospitality and tourism school within a UK university. Design/methodology/approach: The paper uses the survey method and interviews to provide qualitative and quantitative data on the participants' reactions to the initiative.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Foreign Countries, Education Work Relationship, Undergraduate Students
Mohamed, Zainalabidin; Rezai, Golnaz; Shamsudin, Mad Nasir; Mahmud, Muhammad Mu'az – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Basic Student Entrepreneurial Programme (BSEP) among local university graduates who have undergone the training programme in entrepreneurship development. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 410 respondents who had participated in BSEP were interviewed with a structural…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, College Graduates
Athayde, Rosemary – Education & Training, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to present evidence on the impact of enterprise education on young people still at school in London, UK. The study was designed to measure the effect of participation in a Young Enterprise (YE) Company Program on young people's attitudes toward starting a business, and on their enterprise potential.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Entrepreneurship, Outcomes of Education
Smith, Erica; Smith, Andy – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether the availability of qualifications through work-based traineeships in Australia assists social inclusion. Design/methodology/approach: Industry case studies, of the finance and cleaning industries, were undertaken as part of a national research project on quality in traineeships. The two…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Qualifications, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Poropat, Arthur E. – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: Employability is a major educational goal, but employability programmes emphasise skill development, while employers value performance. Education acts as a model for employment, so educational performance assessment should be aligned with employment models. Consequently, the aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Citizenship, Performance Based Assessment, Academic Achievement
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
