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Working toward Aspirations: How Higher Education Learning-Working Trajectories for Refugees in the Netherlands Support Work-Related Capabilities
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van Dijk, Diana – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: Refugees face multiple barriers to employment, such as previous work experience and qualifications not recognized. The Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences offers a higher vocational education and training (VET) dual program for highly-skilled refugees, in which education and work is combined. After completion of the two-year program,…
Descriptors: Refugees, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Vocational Education
Cooperative Practices to Enhance the Quality of Work-Integrated Learning at Nong Khai Technical College
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Sarapoom, Chatchawal; Phrakrudhammapissamai – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2021
This study aimed at investigating the outcomes of the cooperation practices, which were utilized to enhance the quality of work-integrated learning at Nong Khai Technical College. The investigation covered the following three aspects: 1) the changes that had arisen from the development of specified indicators; 2) the learning that occurred, and 3)…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Experiential Learning
Exploring the Impact of Work Experience on Part-Time Students' Academic Success in Malaysian Polytechnics
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Ibrahim, Norhayati; Freeman, Steven A.; Shelley, Mack C. – Career and Technical Education Research, 2012
The study explored the influence of work experience on adult part-time students' academic success as defined by their cumulative grade point average. The sample consisted of 614 part-time students from four polytechnic institutions in Malaysia. The study identified six factors to measure the perceived influence of work experiences--positive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Work Experience, Technical Institutes, Two Year College Students
The Integration of Work and Learning in New Zealand: A Working Paper
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Vaughan, Karen – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2012
This paper is an initial exploration of the integration of work and learning and is intended to inform NZCER's Learning at Work research programme. It shows how the traditional separation between work and learning is being challenged and looks at what that means for education professionals, institutions and programmes. The paper considers the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Lifelong Learning
Critical Reflections on the Development of a Foundation Degree
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Morgan, Arthur; Jones, Norah; Fitzgibbon, Karen – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2004
Work undertaken on the development of Foundation degrees at the University of Glamorgan directly addressed employer and higher education concerns that the new award should aim to build on, and not reinvent, the HNC/HND awards it sought to replace. One of the key factors in this was to reconsider the role and purpose of "work experience."…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Associate Degrees, Educational Development, Work Experience
Open Doors 2008: Report on International Educational Exchange
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Rajika Bhandari; Patricia Chow – Institute of International Education, 2008
"Open Doors" is a long-standing, comprehensive information resource on the 623,805 international students in the United States in 2007/08 and on the 241,791 U.S. students who studied abroad for academic credit in 2006/07. The Institute of International Education (IIE), one of the largest and most experienced U.S. higher education…
Descriptors: International Educational Exchange, Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Enrollment Trends