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Student and Educator Perspectives on Equity and Online Work Integrated Learning
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Bell, Amani; Bartimote, Kathryn; Dempsey, Nora; Mercer-Mapstone, Lucy; Moran, Gulwanyang; Tognolini, Jim – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
Students from diverse backgrounds report that time pressures, financial responsibilities, caring commitments, and geographic location are barriers to their uptake of work integrated learning (WIL). Through interviews with 32 students and 15 educators who participated in online WIL, we investigated whether online WIL might be one way of overcoming…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Equal Education, Electronic Learning
Challenges in Obtaining Employment in China: Lived Experiences of Australian Chinese Graduates
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Nachatar Singh, Jasvir Kaur – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2020
Previous scholarly work has elaborated on challenges faced by Chinese international returnees at Chinese workplaces. However, limited research has captured to what extent such challenges have involved Chinese Australian graduates in gaining employment in China. Hence this study investigates the challenges involved in obtaining successful…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Career Development, College Graduates, Alumni
Work-Integrated Learning in Accountancy at Australian Universities -- Forms, Future Role and Challenges
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Stanley, Trevor; Xu, Jia – Accounting Education, 2019
This exploratory study seeks to obtain the views of strategic decision-makers surrounding the implementation of Work-Integrated Learning (WIL) Accountancy programs in Australian universities. Using an online questionnaire with mainly open-ended questions, the results showed most respondents perceived WIL programs as important and should be offered…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Foreign Countries, Strategic Planning, Decision Making
Facilitators and Inhibitors of International Postgraduate Students' University-to-Work Transition
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Ng, Wei-Hua; Menzies, Jane; Zutshi, Ambika – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2019
Few studies have addressed the university-to-work transition experience of international postgraduate students. This paper contributed to the literature as it proposed a three-stage university-to-work transition framework including stages of finishing a degree, looking for a job, and working in a job. A qualitative research design with in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Foreign Students, Education Work Relationship
Beyond Human Capital: Student Preparation for Graduate Life
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Benati, Kelly; Fischer, Juan – Education & Training, 2020
Purpose: This research moves beyond a focus on employability skills and explores student perceptions of preparedness for graduate life in a more holistic manner. Design/methodology/approach: Final-year business students were asked to outline their concerns regarding graduate life and the personal and professional challenges anticipated in their…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Business Administration Education, College Seniors, Education Work Relationship
Issues and Challenges Identified in the Development of a Broad Multidisciplinary Work Integrated Learning Package
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Sutherland, Karen; Symmons, Mark – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2013
Work integrated learning (WIL) units can be discipline specific and constructed for majors or degrees with a strong vocational orientation. This paper describes an undergraduate unit with its genesis in a public relations internship. The original unit enjoyed strong support from industry partners and was instrumental in many graduates securing…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Internship Programs, Public Relations, Units of Study