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Direct linkMelissa Tham; Elizabeth Knight – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2024
Accessing high-quality career development to support successful transitions into post-compulsory education and employment can be a challenge for newly arrived students of refugee and migrant backgrounds. In Australia, not-for-profit organisations provide career guidance to students within schools that enrol refugee and migrant families. Through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migrants, Refugees, Migrant Education
Lamb, Michael; Brant, Jonathan; Brooks, Edward – Journal of Character Education, 2021
Despite renewed academic interest in virtue ethics and character education, institutions of higher education have largely neglected the character education of university students. This article seeks to make two contributions to the theory and practice of character education within the university, with a particular focus on postgraduate students.…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Ethics, Literacy, Educational Philosophy
Palanac, Aleks – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This report outlines how individuals at the University of Leicester's English Language Teaching Unit (ELTU) re-evaluated their role as Gatekeepers to the University by implementing new measures to facilitate the admission of a group for whom the gates would typically be shut: refugees and asylum seekers (RASs). It describes how, incrementally and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English for Academic Purposes
Gijbels, David; Kyndt, Eva; Peeters, Lore; Schelfhout, Wouter – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2017
The current study investigates the learning of student teachers in alternative programmes in which they combine a teaching job with an in-service teacher-training program at the university. The aim of this paper is to explore which work-related and training-programme related factors facilitate the learning of these teachers-in-training in the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Social Support Groups, Workplace Learning, Student Teachers
Simon, Alexandra – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2014
In Europe there is no common quality assurance framework for the delivery of guidance in higher education. Using a case study approach in four university career guidance services in England, France and Spain, this article aims to study how quality is implemented in university career guidance services in terms of strategy, standards and models,…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Universities, Guidance Programs, Delivery Systems
Gumaelius, Lena; Almqvist, Monica; Árnadóttir, Anna; Axelsson, Anders; Conejero, J. Alberto; García-Sabater, José P.; Klitgaard, Lene; Kozma, Cecilia; Maheut, Julien; Marin-Garcia, Juan; Mickos, Henrik; Nilsson, Per-Olof; Norén, Agneta; Pinho-Lopes, Margarida; Prenzel, Manfred; Ray, Johanna; Roxå, Torgny; Voss, Mirjam – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Since the 1990s, the low number of students choosing to study science and technology in higher education has been on the societal agenda and many initiatives have been launched to promote awareness regarding career options. The initiatives particularly focus on increasing enrolment in the engineering programmes. This article describes and compares…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Universities, Science Interests, College Programs
Download full textAbuya, Benta A.; Wekulo, Patricia; Muhia, Nelson – Qualitative Research in Education, 2018
The objective of this paper is to examine the perceptions of community elders and parents on their roles regarding support to their children's education. Data come from the qualitative component of a baseline survey conducted in Korogocho and Viwandani, two urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Data were collected in April-May 2016 through…
Descriptors: Slums, Urban Areas, Gender Differences, Parent Participation
Tran, Ly Thi; Soejatminah, Sri – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2017
The integration of work experience and learning in tertiary education is a complex issue for different stakeholders, including students, institutions, and employers. The provision of course-related work experience for international students is far more challenging as it involves issues of visa status, different cultural expectations,…
Descriptors: Work Experience, Foreign Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Walters, Shirley; Yang, Jim; Roslander, Peter – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2014
This cross-national study focuses on key issues and policy considerations in promoting lifelong learning in Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, and Tanzania (the five African countries that took part in a pilot workshop on "Developing Capacity for Establishing Lifelong Learning Systems in UNESCO Member States: at the UNESCO Institute for…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Lifelong Learning, Role, Counseling
McCrone, Tami; Sims, David; Gladding, Cath – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2016
Apprenticeships are currently undergoing reform in England. Funding mechanisms and the content of Apprenticeship programmes are being restructured. NFER and the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) have carried out a joint research project to inform future policy and practice with evidence on how providers of Apprenticeships are…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Guidelines
Almeida, Rita; Amaral, Nicole; de Felicio, Fabiana – World Bank, 2016
Despite impressive progress in education enrollments in recent decades, Brazil continues to face important obstacles to overall quality and secondary school completion rates that restrict the nation's ability to produce a skilled workforce. Vocational and Technical Education and Training (VET) is a key element in the strategy to more quickly…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Vocational Education, Educational Quality, Educational Attainment
Piazza, Roberta – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2013
In Italy, accreditation of prior learning is a sensitive issue. Despite the lack of laws or qualification frameworks regulating the recognition of non-formal and informal learning, most Italian universities proceed with caution, allowing only a restricted number of credits in the university curriculum related to practical activities or to external…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Prior Learning, Informal Education, Professional Education
Lally, Victor; Sclater, Madeleine – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2013
Careers work in the twenty-first century faces a key challenge in terms of digital technologies: to evaluate their potential for careers work in challenging settings. Given the rapidity of developments, technologies require evaluation in research innovations and naturalistic settings. Virtual worlds offer potential for careers and guidance work,…
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Career Guidance, Design, Career Counseling
Jones, Narelle; Torezani, Silvia; Luca, Joseph – Intercultural Education, 2012
Career opportunities for Australian research graduates have expanded in recent years into areas outside academia. However, the employment market is highly competitive, and Australian universities have recognised the need to produce graduates with transferable skills across all sectors, not just academia. The need to provide an infrastructure to…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Employment Potential, Career Planning, Education Work Relationship
Watkins, Marley W.; Hall, Tracey E.; Worrell, Frank C. – Journal of Educational & Psychological Consultation, 2014
In this article, we report on a multiyear consultation project between a consulting team based in the United States and the Ministry of Education in Trinidad and Tobago. The project was initiated with a request for training in counseling for secondary school students but ended with the training of personnel from the Ministry of Education in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Consultation Programs, Guidance Programs, Student Personnel Services
