...Wendy Nuis; Niels Andreas van der Baan; Simon Beausaert Purpose Given the dynamic and fast-evolving labour market, developing students’ employability competences has become of utmost importance for higher education institutions. The ability to reflect is essential to develop these competences...

...Rémi Scoupe; Inge Römgens; Simon Beausaert Purpose This paper aims to measure the extent to which students possess the necessary competences of an employable graduate, the authors explored the development and validation of a questionnaire that measures employability competences of students...

...Perry Heymann; Ellen Bastiaens; Anne Jansen; Peter van Rosmalen; Simon Beausaert Purpose In a fast evolving labour market, higher education graduates need to develop employability competences. Key in becoming employable is the ability to reflect on learning experiences, both within a curriculum...

...Florian Fahrenbach Purpose Relying on a design science paradigm, the purpose of this paper is to describe the development and evaluation of items for an ICT artefact that supports the assessment of transversal professional competences within the validation of prior learning (VPL). To do so...

...Raquel Ferreras-Garcia; Jordi Sales-Zaguirre; Enric Serradell-López Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the level of correspondence between the academic training received by students and the demands of the job market. This was achieved by analysing the competences that are developed...

...Raquel Ferreras-Garcia; Ana Beatriz Hernández-Lara; Enric Serradell-López Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to study which perceived and attained entrepreneurial competences acquired by students while developing a business plan are rated most highly; and second, to analyse...

...Carl Senior; Robert Cubbidge; Staffan Nilsson Purpose Employability includes the ability to find employment and remain employed. Employability includes both hard and soft skills, including formal and actual competence, interpersonal skills, and personal characteristics. This paper aims to focus...

...Eric Smith; Laura Bonica; Viviana Sappa Purpose The purpose of this study is to discuss conditions in support of a Competent Self in the broader process of the school‐work transition, particularly regarding early school‐leavers. Design/methodology/approach A total of 233 early school‐leavers...

... respond to these business demands. As a result, they should educate their students following curricula that fit the needs of the labour market. This fit would allow improving the employability of university graduates. The objectives of this work consist of determining the competencies that firms demand...

...Carol Evans; Martin Graff; Emma Kingston Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the emotional competence of first year undergraduates enrolled on a high or low drop‐out rate (HDR and LDR, respectively) course, at a newly established university within the UK. Design/methodology/approach...

... incommensurability of the two positions are offered, designed to ensure that these sectors achieve competitive advantage from a workforce that is both competent and reflective in their work practice. In summary, it appears that the education and training needs of the modern UK workforce could be at odds...

... chooses. All of this impinges on the development of Capability. This leads us on to a consideration of whether the ‘Development of Capability’ is a meaningful concept. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Abilities Competences Potential appraisal Knowledge management Much...

...Reva Berman Brown; Sean McCartney Defines two competitive ideas – competence and capability – and argues that neither deals adequately with the central issue of the present. Provides a model, to place these ideas in conceptual space – the vertical axis of which is bounded by the extremes of narrow...

... The publication shows that the most controversial of the educational issues in implementing competency-based education has been the assessment and accreditation of competence. The chapter on France, presented in French, points out the inherent difficulties of establishing one frame of reference...

...Leesa Wheelahan; Richard Carter National training packages have become the mandated framework for course delivery in Australia’s vocational education and training sector. Each training package contains: qualifications that can be issued, industry‐derived competencies, and assessment guidelines...

... and their stakeholders in building interdependent relationships as effective learning forms for enhancing a small firm’s potential to succeed. It is suggested that small firm owners and managers need to develop specific competence frameworks when initiating and progressing such relationships. It is also suggested...

...Roger Ottewill; Peter L. Jennings; Peter Magirr Over the last two decades there has been a substantial increase in the number and range of service sector SMEs. The management competence of the owner‐manager and/or senior staff is crucial to their success. Developing appropriate competencies...

...Steve Williams One of the most prominent developments in vocational education and training in recent years has been the development of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in England and Wales, based on the assessment of an individual’s competence at work. However, the initial implementation...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Competences Qualifications Skills shortages What's the "Full Monty" on skill shortages? Keywords Competences,Qualifications, Skills shortages Roy Harrison, IPD policy adviser, says: "Government strategies to deal with skill gaps must...

...) demands and constraints that HEIs are generally confronted with in developing and running such programmes, e.g. striking a balance between competence‐based training and academic education, avoiding making unreasonable time demands on either trainees or trainers, and reconciling the internal requirements...