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The Contested Curriculum: Academic Learning and Employability in Higher Education
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Speight, Sarah; Lackovic, Natasa; Cooker, Lucy – Tertiary Education and Management, 2013
This article explores the discourse of employability in higher education by investigating the understanding of different stakeholder groups (students, staff, employers) of the University of Nottingham (UK and China), and their fit to each other and to the educational literature. It finds that, while theories of life-long or life-wide learning…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Stakeholders, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Stakeholder Attitudes towards Employability in a Sino-British University
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Speight, Sarah; Lackovic, Natasa; Cooker, Lucy – Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2012
In 2004 the University of Nottingham opened its branch campus, the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC). Degree-awarding powers for UNNC remain with the UK, but there is recognition that Nottingham must understand the specific context of its Chinese branch; provision therefore operates according to the principal of equivalence rather than…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stakeholders, Attitudes, Employment Qualifications