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Vu, Thai; Ferns, Sonia; Ananthram, Subramaniam – Higher Education Research and Development, 2022
Work-integrated learning (WIL), particularly workplace-based WIL, provides international students with opportunities to be exposed to authentic working contexts, consequently enhancing student employability development. However, the literature indicates that many international students struggle in WIL despite continuous efforts by higher education…
Descriptors: Work Experience Programs, Experiential Learning, Foreign Students, Barriers
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Tanya Lawlis; Tamieka Mawer; Lesley Andrew; Thomas Bevitt – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Students with disability experience numerous challenges when engaging in Work-Integrated Learning (WIL). Successful WIL requires stakeholder collaboration to provide an equitable and relevant WIL experience. Stakeholder disparity around disclosure, accommodations, poor attitudes, and behaviours result in negative WIL experiences for students with…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Barriers, Education Work Relationship, Work Experience Programs
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Denise Jackson; Claire Lambert; Ruth Sibson; Ruth Bridgstock; Matalena Tofa – Higher Education Research and Development, 2024
Employability development has become a central concern of higher education, with many students attending university to enhance their employability and career development. Universities offer a range of curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular employability-building activities, including work-integrated learning, mentoring and career…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Learning Activities, Mentors, Career Counseling
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Nasser-Abu Alhija, Fadia; Fresko, Barbara – Higher Education Research and Development, 2020
Graduate students play a major role in teaching in higher education, particularly in undergraduate programs. The purpose of the present study was two-fold: first, to identify graduate students' motives for working as graduate teaching assistants (GTAs), describe some aspects of their work, and ascertain their perceived benefits; second, to predict…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants, Barriers, Incentives