Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning: Volume 14 Issue 3

Individual stories of agency: an exploratory study into the pandemic impact on students' employability skills

Huong Lan Nguyen

This paper aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on university students' employability skills and give insights into preparation for future crises that may…

Higher education student engagement with online learning: the role of perceived value and academic entitlement

Hussein-Elhakim Al Issa, Mohammed Mispah Said Omar, Ayşem Çelebi

The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of perceived value and academic entitlement on the online engagement of university students. The mediating effect of…

Co-designing doctoral programs to enhance postgraduate students' employability: insights from industry stakeholders

Raquel María Pérez-García, Amaya Erro-Garcés, Maria Elena Aramendia-Muneta, Antonio López Peláez

Doctoral programs play a crucial role in promoting innovation and technology transfer in universities. To design these programs effectively and with a co-design perspective, it is…

Benefits of a short course on mental health well-being and resilience for healthcare workers in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

Maneo Maiketso, Jacqueline Wolvaardt, Margot Uys, Marolien Grobler

The study explored whether an asynchronous short online course in mental health well-being and resilience for healthcare workers (HCWs) showed improved self-reported results among…

How entrepreneurial environment and education influence university students' entrepreneurial intentions: the mediating role of entrepreneurial motivation

Jyoti Chahal, Muhammad Haroon Shoukat, Rami Ayoubi

Underpinned by social cognitive and ecological systems theories, this research explored higher education students' entrepreneurial intentions (EI). It begins by exploring how…

The challenge of skill development through “experiencing” integrated marketing communications

Christina O'Connor, Gillian Moran

Integrated marketing communications (IMC) is possibly “the richest and most accessible service-learning experience” in the marketing curriculum (Petkus, 2000, p. 68). Yet, despite…

Delivering the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship: what are the challenges and implications for good practice?

Clare Horackova, Sarah Bloomfield, Carla Roberta Pereira, Fidèle Mutwarasibo

The Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship (CMDA) was approved for delivery in the UK in 2015 (IfATE, 2023). The CMDA offers future managers the opportunity to gain a recognised…

Training of third-party employees and its outcomes: a systematic literature review

Mahima Anand, Sushmita Biswal Waraich

Training has been an important tool for enhancing the skills and productivity of employees. Having productive employees helps organizations sustain themselves. Today, the authors…

Irish apprenticeships in financial services: negotiating gender and navigating social justice

Corina Sheerin, Jonathan Brittain

Set within the context of International Financial Services (IFS), this research aims to considers the demographic profile of IFS apprenticeship candidates in relation to gender…

The factors affecting work readiness during the transition from university student to physiotherapist in Australia

Vidya Lawton, Verity Pacey, Taryn M. Jones, Catherine M. Dean

Work readiness is an important aspect of the transition from higher education to professional practice. The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of work readiness…

Social entrepreneurship and complex thinking: an exploratory, educational innovation proposal for acquiring and scaling competencies

José Carlos Vázquez-Parra, Marco Cruz-Sandoval, Carlos Sotelo, David Sotelo, Martina Carlos-Arroyo, Jorge Welti-Chanes

This article aims to present the results of an exploratory pilot study that demonstrates the validity of a self-created implementation methodology to develop the students' level…

Organisational digital capability: a cross-country review of guidance

Tony Wall, Nga Ngo, Chúc Nguyễn Hữu, Phạm Ngọc Lan, Sarah Knight

Digital transformation continues to rapidly progress in higher education globally, spanning all aspects of higher education operations, values and culture. Despite expanding…

Simulation-based education to facilitate clinical readiness in nursing and midwifery programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-synthesis

Gertrude Mwalabu, Annie Msosa, Ingrid Tjoflåt, Kristin Hjorthaug Urstad, Bodil Bø, Christina Furskog Risa, Masauko Msiska, Patrick Mapulanga

The purpose of this study was to explore the clinical readiness of simulation-based education (SBE) in preparing nursing and midwifery students for clinical practice in…