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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

Embedding generic employability skills in an accounting degree: development and impediments [PDF]

, 2010
This paper explores and analyses the views of, and effects on, students of a project that integrated the development of employability skills within the small group classes of two compulsory courses in the first year of an accounting degree at a UK ...
Greg Stoner, Kenefelkamp L., Margaret Milner, Meyer J. H. F., Milner M. M., Perry W. G.   +5 more
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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

Measuring what matters: Evaluating the impact of curriculum decolonisation initiatives in UK business schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Curriculum decolonisation has become a prominent feature of equity agendas in UK higher education, yet there remains limited empirical and theoretical work on how such initiatives are evaluated, particularly within business schools. This paper presents one of the first multi‐institutional empirical studies examining how UK business schools ...
Sally Everett, Rachael Carden, Kenisha Linton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

What factors influence training opportunities for older workers? Three factorial surveys exploring the attitudes of HR professionals [PDF]

, 2011
The core research questions addressed in this paper are: what factors influence HR professionals in deciding whether to approve training proposals for older workers? What kind of training are they more likely to recommend for older employees and in which
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How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
wiley   +1 more source

Social capital and employability development among Chinese Mainland undergraduates in Hong Kong: An exploration of network dynamics, structural constraints and agentic practices

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Bourdieu's sociological concept of social capital highlights its significance in enabling individuals to access other forms of capital for personal advantage. In the literature on university students' employability, particularly that concerning international and non‐local students, social capital is widely recognised as a key asset, alongside ...
Fang Gao, Thanh Pham
wiley   +1 more source

Browne, employability and the rhetoric of choice: student as producer and the sustainability of HE [PDF]

, 2012
This paper presents a critical reflection of the rhetoric of choice offered in the current system of HE. The theoretical foundation of the discussion draws on the work of Bauman (2007) as a support for a critical stance on the implementation of the ...
Jameson, Jill, Jones, Mandy, Strudwick, Katie   +2 more
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Introducing Experimental Design Concepts Improves Biochemistry Undergraduates' Experimental Laboratory Competence and Confidence

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Laboratory science education can provide a training ground for developing experimental design capabilities, the ability to critically assess a range of laboratory methods, and confidence in selecting, adapting, and performing laboratory techniques.
Nathan D. Tivendale, Alyssa Van Dreumel, Peter G. Arthur   +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