...Stella Williams; Anatoli Karypidou; Catherine Steele; Lorna Dodd Purpose The purpose of this paper is to adopt the perspective of personal construct theory to conceptualise employability. The study explores differences in the implicit employability theories of those involved in developing...

...Anthony M. Baird; Satyanarayana Parayitam Purpose Higher education institutions play an important role in the economic growth of any country, through skills and productivity of their graduates. Employers have some expectations about the skills the graduates possess when they graduate out...

...Sharon Gedye; Emily Beaumont Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore employability in the context of higher education (HE) from the students’ perspective. Limited attention has been paid to student understandings of their own employability in a Sport Science context and Tymon (2011) refers...

...Stephen McMurray; Matthew Dutton; Ronald McQuaid; Alec Richard Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on research carried out with employers to determine demand for business and management skills in the Scottish workforce. Design/methodology/approach – The research used...

...Joanna Poon Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) accredited real estate courses in the UK have equipped real estate graduates with sufficient relevant employability skills to embark on a career in the profession. This paper...

...Francis D. Walsh; Seán Byrne Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors relating to retention of employers on an undergraduate work placement programme in a third level institution. Design/methodology/approach An action research methodology involving problem diagnosis...

..., and their influence on the graduates' job satisfaction and organizational commitment, have implications for the important roles played by employers, higher learning institutions, and graduate themselves. Originality/value This study makes significant contributions in three key areas. First, it is perhaps one...

...Vathsala Wickramasinghe; Lasantha Perera Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore employability skills that employers, university lecturers and graduates value to bring to the workplace, when graduates are applying for entry‐level graduate jobs in the field of computer science in Sri Lanka...

...Julie Drake; Joanne Blake; Wayne Swallow Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a case study that identifies the practical issues and implications of employer engagement through course design, delivery and employee commitment in a higher education course delivered in the financial...

... and Integrative Studies (WBIS) framework. Important features of the programme are described including academic content, learner support, assessment and management. Findings The paper concludes by identifying three areas for formal evaluation. These are: the implications of employer involvement in the design...

...Simon Roodhouse; Richard Benefer Purpose This paper aims to describe the work of Staffordshire University in engaging with local employers and local further education colleges in the development of a Foundation Degree in Applied Technology. Design/methodology/approach Following an outline...

...Rhodri Thomas; David Parsons; John Barry; Valerie Rowe Purpose This paper sets out to examine the contribution of employer co‐funding of publicly‐funded vocational education and training in the UK (i.e. training initiatives that are available to all qualified applicants but funded jointly...

...Andrew Smith Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the statistical evidence for the extent of employer training in Australia and analyse this information in the light of three major qualitative projects that have been undertaken into employer training since the mid‐1990s. Design...

... to widen participation in higher education and to increase the skills levels of those in employment. These policies are paramount for apprentices, many of whom fit both of these criteria. The research reported in this paper aims to answer the question “Do apprentices perceive there to be barriers...

... prompted an investigation by the Equal Opportunities Commission. This paper aims to report the research as part of this investigation. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents quantitative and qualitative evidence on the attitudes of young people (aged 14 and 15) and employers to non‐traditional...

...Erika Smith; Vikki Smith; Rod Kenyon Purpose This paper seeks to present the Apprenticeships Task Force's (ATF's) evaluation of the business case for recruiting and training apprentices. The focus is on whether they provide employers in the UK with a positive return on investment in key...

...Thomas Spielhofer; David Sims This article presents the results of a qualitative study that examined the views and experiences of 12 large city employers of modern apprenticeships (MAs). Given the government's target that by 2004 at least 28 per cent of young people should enter an apprenticeship...

... traditional barriers such as lack of financial resources, time, expertise and facilities. The paper draws upon research, conducted in North Wales, exploring employee perceptions of and employer attitudes towards e‐learning. Small organisations in rural, peripheral regions such as North Wales can benefit from...

...Sharon Murray; Harry Robinson Graduate employers are faced with the challenges posed by an increasingly complex graduate labour market as well as increasing graduate recruitment and retention problems. In the light of these issues this paper considers graduate attitudes and behaviour towards sales...

... a receptiveness to the integration of alternative pedagogues in the form of information technology. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Written communications Skills Public relations Computer‐based training Students Employers Competence in written communication has been described as a fundamental...