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Table 1

Interviewees' background

Participant	Rank/Firm	Years of experience	Geopolitical zone/Location and participant code						Total
Participant	Rank/Firm	Years of experience	SS	SW	SE	NW	NC	NE	Total
HEIs' engineering and technology, and environmental science students	HEIs students who have either participated in the four or six-month compulsory industrial training	Universities	1–2	3–4	5–6	7–8	9–10	11–12	12
		Polytechnics	13–14	15–16	17–18	19–20	21–22	23–24	12
Academic staff members appointed as SIWES coordinators (Past/present)	Not below the Lecturer 1 rank	Minimum of 12 years	25	26	27	28	29	30	6
Academic staff members appointed as SIWES Directors	Directors/Deputy Directors	Minimum of 15 years	31	32	33	34	35	36	6
Engineering and technology, and the built environment consultants	Directors, Partners, Managing Partners, Chief Executive Officers	Minimum of 25 years	37	38	39	40	41	42	6
Industries willing to collaborate with academia to train undergraduates	Management staff members	Minimum of 15 years	43	44	45	46	47	48	6
Total									48

Participant	Rank/Firm	Years of experience	Geopolitical zone/Location and participant code						Total
Participant	Rank/Firm	Years of experience	SS	SW	SE	NW	NC	NE	Total
HEIs' engineering and technology, and environmental science students	HEIs students who have either participated in the four or six-month compulsory industrial training	Universities	1–2	3–4	5–6	7–8	9–10	11–12	12
		Polytechnics	13–14	15–16	17–18	19–20	21–22	23–24	12
Academic staff members appointed as SIWES coordinators (Past/present)	Not below the Lecturer 1 rank	Minimum of 12 years	25	26	27	28	29	30	6
Academic staff members appointed as SIWES Directors	Directors/Deputy Directors	Minimum of 15 years	31	32	33	34	35	36	6
Engineering and technology, and the built environment consultants	Directors, Partners, Managing Partners, Chief Executive Officers	Minimum of 25 years	37	38	39	40	41	42	6
Industries willing to collaborate with academia to train undergraduates	Management staff members	Minimum of 15 years	43	44	45	46	47	48	6
Total									48

Note(s): SS = South-South, SW = South-West, SE = South-East, NW = North-West, NC = North–Central and NE = North-East

Source(s): Authors' work