...Daniela Olo; Leonida Correia; Conceição Rego Purpose This paper aims to find out what conditions are needed to enhance higher education curricula towards employability from the perspective of different stakeholders in the graduate labour market. Design/methodology/approach An empirical study...

... prospects. Graduates of different educational specialties (faculties), or subspecialties (departments) encounter significantly different difficulties regarding their successful entrance in the labor market. Greece Higher education Curricula Qualifications Higher technological education Specialty...

... policy Universities Curricula Business studies Academic staff Work‐based learning Foundation degrees Storytelling UK government policy Business education The rise of work‐based learning (WBL) has manifested itself in a new type of programme which brings unique challenges for both...

... Curricula Interdisciplinary business education is a term very loosely interchanged with many other descriptors including integrated, cross‐boundary, trans‐disciplinary and cross‐disciplinary business education. Davis (1995) defines interdisciplinary courses as “the work that scholars do together...

... curricular guidance and UK government regulation. David Rae can be contacted at: drae@lincoln.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom Business Schools Masters degrees Master of Business Administration Curricula Higher education Entrepreneurship Enterprise...

... exploring this aspect of assessment practice. Luke Pittaway can be contacted at: lukepittaway@georgiasouthern.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom United States of America Students Assessment Education Curricula Assessment practice Entrepreneurship...

.... This paper attempts to fill this gap in current research. Norasmah Othman can be contacted at: lin@ukm.my © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Malaysia Universities Curricula Students Entrepreneurialism Readiness Internal environment Entrepreneurship education...

...Harry Matlay; Donato Iacobucci; Alessandra Micozzi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the present situation and recent evolution of entrepreneurship education in Italian universities and to discuss whether these courses and curricula match the demand for entrepreneurial...

... by exogenous variables such as the situational circumstances and variables. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Portugal Secondary schools Curricula Entrepreneurialism Entrepreneurial intention Theory of planned behaviour Entrepreneurship education Secondary school teaching...

... which a student transforms from being a student to being an entrepreneur. Initially, there is the understanding of the classification of what it means to be an entrepreneur; the entrepreneur identity standard. Wales Universities Students Graduates Start‐ups Curricula Entrepreneurialism...

... and so was different in each case. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 United Kingdom Universities Curricula Enterprise education Sustainability Cyclical evaluation Enterprise contexts This project was undertaken in a former Higher Education Funding Council for England...

..., sustainability and social renewal (Newcastle University Societal Challenge Themes, 2011). United Kingdom Universities Curricula Sciences Engineering Enterprise education Toolkits Simulation STEM Bioscience In general, toolkits in enterprise education are categorised into ice‐breaker...

... in Australian business graduates. The purpose of this paper is to compare findings with existing literature on skill gaps in other developed, culturally‐similar economies, underscore the generality of identified problems, and highlight to stakeholders in undergraduate education those areas requiring curricula...

... to individual talents and interests. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Australia Secondary schools Curricula Career guidance Social capital Transition Applied learning In this section we explore student perceptions of the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL), which...

... were generally focused on undergraduate student experiences outside the formal curriculum. Research organizations Universities Learning Communities Curricula United States of America In 2005, Campus Compact (a US national organization of university presidents committed to civic...

... 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...

... be contacted at: cheungck@hkucc.hku.hk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Entrepreneurialism Secondary education Curricula Hong Kong Beginning as an entrepôt in 1841, Hong Kong has since become one of the leading financial and business centres in the Asia‐Pacific region, performing...

... an appropriate case situation to showcase these concepts and theories. The backward case design method promotes more effective learning applications to reinforce the appropriate textbook and course concepts, particularly for core or foundation courses. Case studies Curricula Finance Undergraduates...

... in higher education, in general, and business education, in particular. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Learning Business improvement Education Curricula In recent years many commentators have argued the case for greater integration in the business education curriculum (Daniel...