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Holmes, Kirsten; Paull, Megan; Haski-Leventhal, Debbie; MacCallum, Judith; Omari, Maryam; Walker, Gabrielle; Scott, Rowena; Young, Susan; Maher, Annette – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2021
University student volunteering is prevalent in Western countries, but has rarely been critically evaluated by researchers. Little is known about the different ways in which student volunteer programmes are organised. Using a matrix constructed from the publicly available websites of all Australian universities, and 60 interviews with key…
Descriptors: Student Volunteers, College Students, Models, Program Administration
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Balakrishna, Sundar – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
Industry reports show that fresh engineering and non-engineering graduates from Indian universities are not readily employable. The Government-owned Andhra Pradesh Information Technology Academy (APITA) seeks to equip graduates from the state's degree and engineering colleges with industry-relevant skill sets for gainful employment. This study…
Descriptors: Industry, School Business Relationship, Engineering Education, College Graduates
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Stewart, Barbara A. – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
Universities are under pressure to produce work-ready graduates. This study analyzed 130 job advertisements to identify skills required by environmental science employers in Australia. For degree-related criteria, the most frequently required were content knowledge, a tertiary qualification and experience. Other desired skills were an…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Job Skills, College Graduates, Environmental Education
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Ramsgaard, Michael Breum; Christensen, Marie Ernst – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2018
This paper explores the concept of learning in a setting of experiential knowledge acquisition. The main focus is how facilitators of learning processes can design learning spaces, where the boundaries of what is expected from the learner are challenged. The aim is to explore the action-based learning processes occurring in experiential learning…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Entrepreneurship, Experiential Learning, Curriculum Development
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Ng, Peggy; Galbraith, Craig – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2016
The purpose of this study is to examine how the dimensions of strategic enrolment management (SEM) tie to the success metrics in the area of enrolment, retention and graduation from senior and programme management perspectives of a self-financed institution in Hong Kong. The literature on SEM has demonstrated that managing enrolment is a global…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Finance, Enrollment Management, Program Administration
Hailstone, D. L.; Grosvenor, J. S. – 1982
An evaluation project investigated the Vocational Preparation Programme conducted in 1981 by the South Australian Department of Technical and Further Education (TAFE). The vocational preparation program was designed to increase the employability of young unemployed people aged 15 to 19 by providing them with an understanding of a family of related…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adolescents, Adult Vocational Education, Case Studies
Golden, Sarah; O'Donnell, Lisa; Rudd, Peter – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2005
The Increased Flexibility for 14-16 year olds Programme (IFP) was introduced in 2002 by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) in order to "create enhanced vocational and work-related learning opportunities for 14-16 year olds who can benefit most." Partnerships between a Lead Partner, usually a college of Further Education,…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Vocational Education