...David Carter; Wasif Minhas; Gail Al Hafidh Purpose This research paper explores the degree to which employability skills are embedded across educational programs in higher education (HE) institutions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to establish how successfully the required graduate...

..., business leaders, employers, researchers, academicians, and engineering graduates seem to agree that the set of skills required to enter and survive in the workplace includes teamwork, problem-solving, and communication skills (International Engineering Alliance-IEA, 2021 ; ; Cruz et al., 2019...

... Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Innovation Pedagogy Development Interdisciplinarity Wicked problems Employability Universities are rapidly becoming entrepreneurial eco systems fuelled by the need to aid local and national economic...

...Christopher James Hand Purpose Audio-visual presentations – delivered either in real-life or virtually – feature heavily in educational assessments and employer recruitment. This study explored neurodivergent undergraduate students' experiences of presentations. The aim was to understand how...

... and developing a conducive environment for implementing the changes on the other hand is the need of the hour. Branding and student employability needs the focus of policymakers, and it can highly impact the visibility of institute. Design/methodology/approach This research has been undertaken to examine...

...Jill Hanson; Ciaran Burke Purpose The study aimed to explore the effect of second year business students engaging in counterfactual reasoning on their unrealistic optimism regarding attainment on an employability module. Design/methodology/approach Using an experimental design, the study...

... between the tenets of entrepreneurship and corresponding abilities, and the ethos of universities and related high-valued abilities such as theoreticality and criticality. Originality/value Although employability and entrepreneur intent have been widely studied, little is known about students...

...John Cameron; Rebecca Tiessen; Kate Grantham; Taryn Husband-Ceperkovic Purpose Debates about the role of liberal arts education in finding employment highlight both its benefits and the challenges of finding work after graduation – debates that are now well-documented and outlined in this paper...

...Sophie McKenzie; Jo Coldwell-Neilson; Stuart Palmer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the career development and employability needs of undergraduate information technology (IT) students at an Australian University, and their relation to students’ career interest. While many...

... of widening access can be mitigated, in particular for non-traditional students. In the context of marketisation, the university now provides opportunities to enhance “employability” rather than transformative educational experiences (Chertkovskaya et al., 2013). According to Harvey (2000 , p. 3...

... from the same cohort that were not peer tutored (Group 2: 46.20±20.27, p<0.001) and compared to students from a previous year that were not peer tutored (Group 3: 59.83±19.18, p=0.003). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Mentoring Employability Achievement...

... of transferable skills required by employers. This article aims to report a novel application of project‐based learning, which provided students with an opportunity to work on an international collaboration, facilitated by videoconferencing and Web 2.0. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on a number of data...

... jobs within the sport and recreation sector. Research conducted with employers highlights that many sports degree programmes are not “fit for purpose” and are not fully preparing graduates for work within the industry. This paper considers how the University of Glamorgan, in liaison with key industry...