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Fearon, Colm; van Vuuren, Wim; McLaughlin, Heather; Nachmias, Stefanos – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Drawing on elements of self-determined learning or heutagogy, the graduate employability impact of the UK's leading Universities Business Challenge (UBC) competition is investigated over a five year period of from 2012-17. A central research question was addressed, namely: "what do inter-university business simulations, such as the UBC,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Employment Potential, Skill Development
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Jørgensen, Mette; Mason, Amanda; Pedersen, Rikke; Harrison, Roger – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2022
As many higher education institutions strive to internationalize and develop graduates as global citizens, new technologies are supposed to be creating opportunities for geographically dispersed students to meet and develop intercultural skills. We argue, however, that there is scant evidence that these opportunities are being fully exploited. In…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Blended Learning, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness
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Organ, Alison – Research-publishing.net, 2016
A work placement module is compulsory in the second year of most degree programmes at York St John University, as part of an institution-wide strategy to embed employability in the curriculum. As most languages students spend their second year studying abroad, the Languages in the Workplace module was designed in such a way that the setting up of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Employment, Job Placement