... Vocational education Industry partnerships Curriculum development Mixed-methods research Educational innovation Technological change, digitalisation and economic restructuring have magnified the importance of vocational education and training (VET) systems that can respond quickly to evolving...

... for supplementary research to augment curriculum development. Originality/value This research constitutes the first attempt to conduct a cross-comparative analysis of descriptive metadata contained with curriculum development documents sourced from various UK HEIs. Emergent findings unearth the key skills...

... adults. Practical implications The findings suggest that students’ mindsets can be positively affected by an intervention tailored to enhance their OR and IEO capabilities. The findings have implications for curriculum development because the strengthening of these capabilities is a precondition...

... of being qualified. Originality/value – The diversity of the examples provided across three distinct sectors illustrate the potential for wider curriculum development opportunities for higher education practitioners. The need to align professional body recognition with academic qualification...

... of managers and leaders. Dr Lynne Leveson can be contacted at: l.leveson@Latrobe.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Australia Business education Corporate social responsibility Curriculum development The current generation of job seekers, commonly known as “Gen Y...

...Ian Roffe Purpose This paper aims to examine the variety of approaches to curriculum development for enterprise education developed for schools, further, and higher education under an Entrepreneurship Action Plan in Wales and to consider the sustainability issues for delivery in these sectors...

.... This would enable them to reflect on their own skills development, forming a central part of their own learning, while providing vital quantitative and qualitative data for the evaluation of the programme. Employment Skills Curriculum development Research Table I Analysis...

... Limited 2009 Communication technologies Internet Curriculum development Graduates The development and use of information and communications technologies over the last 20 years has transformed many of the common practices that learners engage in whilst studying in higher education...

... is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology (www.educause.edu/). Simulations comprise one of the six types of pedagogically‐defined learning products, serving eight markets as shown in Figure 1 . Decision making Curriculum development Computer based...

... insights into if and how enterprise and entrepreneurship can be promoted to subjects and staff that may not previously been persuaded of its benefits, and for who research is often the top work priority. Education Entrepreneurialism Higher education Curriculum development Learning United Kingdom...

... to achieve a similar output using different approaches. At UTAS, a concern for the reasonable adventurer has emerged as the central driver for curriculum development whilst at Ulster it is a focus on the need to influence the mindset in order to develop entrepreneurial tendencies. Yet, in both cases...

.... Niamh Hearns can be contacted at: niamh.hearns@gmit.ie © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Migrant workers Labour mobility Hospitality services Cross‐cultural management Multicultural management Curriculum development Both temporary and permanent labour migration...

... and gain more information and distinct views. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Curriculum development Industrial engineering Undergraduates Delphi method The birth of new technology and changes in types of industries in the USA and abroad have created opportunities...

... Birmingham, which examined the role of HEs in developing future entrepreneurs in this important sector of the UK economy. Design/methodology/approach This paper explores issues related to enterprise curriculum development in HE through in‐depth qualitative analysis of plenary sessions, focused...

... is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: sharon.cox@uce.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Employment Education Universities Curriculum development Employability, the ability of a graduate to gain employment appropriate to their educational standard, was the focus...

... Group Publishing Limited 2005 Entrepreneurialism Education Curriculum development Biology Universities United Kingdom In the context of global competitiveness, the UK Government has identified the need to increase levels of enterprise or entrepreneurship as a necessary component...

... of these GCSEs including Leisure and Tourism, Engineering, Manufacturing and Health and Social Care. Delivery of these qualifications can be greatly enhanced by working with a range of external partners. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Workplace learning Curriculum development Education...

... on the written plan and on the plan's presentation to the expert panel. Plans developed by teams also scored higher than those prepared by solo entrepreneurs. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Small enterprises Training Curriculum development Business planning Quality United States...

... education colleges and schools. This paper examines the environment for competition and collaboration within which the colleges work. It defines and discusses examples of positive and negative competition, and offers evidence of collaboration, largely to support curriculum development and provision...

... of the current picture and the anticipated future expectations is given: a practical approach therefore to a very important curricular development area. © MCB UP Limited 1990 Curriculum development Education Industry Work experience EDUCATION + TRAINING ABSTRACT & KEYWORDS SCHOOL-BASED WORK...