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Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis, Ciro Cangiano, Alessandro Lovari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Should Employers Invest in Employability? Examining Employability as a Mediator in the HRM – Commitment Relationship

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
This study investigates the relationship between perceived investments in Human Resource (HR) practices and workplace commitment, from the perspective of social exchange theory.
Jos Akkermans, Maria Tims, Susanne Beijer, Nele De Cuyper   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
wiley   +1 more source

Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

‘It's all very well having a diverse curriculum, but if there is no curriculum, it can be as diverse as you like’: Precarity and decolonising in the neoliberal UK higher education system

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton, Barbara Adewumi, Laura R. Bailey, Jacob W. Moore, Lauren‐Marie Aba Amoah   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hong Kong's non‐local undergraduate recruitment: Policies, institutional practices and student perspectives

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Beneath the Hong Kong government's enthusiasm for recruiting non‐local undergraduates—including students from the Chinese Mainland and other international regions—lies a longstanding gap in understanding the core meanings and drivers shaping the territory's expanding focus on inward international student mobility (ISM).
Fang Gao, Wei Yan Xiong, Hei‐hang Hayes Tang, Xiao Han   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning to Be Employable or Being Employable to Learn: The Reciprocal Relation Between Perceived Employability and Work-Related Learning [PDF]

Journal of Career Development, 2019
Learning to become employable is a catch phrase often used to highlight the importance of upskilling in today’s knowledge-based labor market. Yet, evidence on the relationship between work-related learning and employability is limited and does not account for potential reciprocity.
Houben, Ellen, De Cuyper, Nele, Kyndt, Eva, Forrier, Anneleen   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Cartooning in Biological Learning

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Teaching bioscience subjects requires helping students understand complicated and abstract concepts. An effective method of helping students understand these abstract topics is the use of concept cartoons. Concept cartoons are cartoon‐style drawings that illustrate everyday situations. In constructivism, learners create their own knowledge and
Soukaina Bahsoun, Mhairi Morris, Elizabeth Akam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Psychometric features (factor structure, reliability and validity) of the student self-perceived employability scale in Iranian students

آموزش مهندسی ایران, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine the psychometric features (Factor structure, validity and reliability) of the student self-perceived employability scale that have 22 items which developed by Rothwell et al. (2008).
Hamid Abdi, Mohammad Javad Leiaghatdar
doaj   +1 more source

THE EFFECT OF EMOTIONAL SELF-EFFICACY ON CAREER SATISFACTION WITH SELF-PERCEIVED EMPLOYABILITY AS A MEDIATOR VARIABLE IN Y GENERATION [PDF]

Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2019
This study aims to examine whether there is an effect of emotional self-efficacy on career satisfaction and self-perceived employability as mediator variables in Y Generation.
Kristianto N.A.
doaj   +1 more source