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Gilboa, Yaakov – Journal of Education and Work, 2023
Much research has been made in recent years on the effect of over and under education on earnings. In this paper, I examine the validity of the assumption that the return to over (under) education is independent of the level of education. I use data from the PIAAC survey to estimate the return to education. The findings show that while this…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment, Wages, Employment Qualifications
Fisher, Richard M.; Leder, Harry – International Journal of Training Research, 2022
In 2018, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority amended its regulatory framework in order to formally recognise micro-credentials. The rules provide a definition, credit value limits, and permission to publish on the NZQA website. The rules apply to Tertiary Education Organisations, leaving universities to establish their own micro-credential…
Descriptors: Microcredentials, Vocational Education, Qualifications, Foreign Countries
van der Hijden, Peter; Martin, Michaela – UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning, 2023
Several concurrent trends are increasing the likelihood that short courses, microcredentials, and flexible learning pathways will become a regular and even dominant feature of education and training globally. This policy paper reflects on these trends with special reference to the post-secondary education sector, and explores ways to organize…
Descriptors: Program Length, Microcredentials, Guided Pathways, Educational Policy
Choi, Alvaro; Guio, Juan; Escardíbul, Josep-Oriol – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2020
Problems of overeducation and overqualification in developed countries have attracted the attention of policymakers and researchers alike. While these phenomena have been clearly conceptualised, their measurement remains complex and controversial. This paper presents an overview of the phenomena and map overeducation and overqualification across…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Qualifications, Educational Attainment, Cultural Differences
Kingsley, Danny; Kennan, Mary Anne; Richardson, Joanna – College & Research Libraries, 2022
Through a nationwide survey of universities and research organizations in Australia and New Zealand, this article investigates the level of confidence that librarians working in scholarly communication have in their current competencies. The results show that, while respondents were generally confident across seven competency areas (institutional…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Scholarship, Competence, Self Efficacy
Penman, F. Raewyn; Redder, Bridgette – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
In Aotearoa New Zealand, there has been a significant increase in the numbers of infants and toddlers participating in 'out-of-home' care and education settings. While initial teacher education programmes include references to this age group, due to competing priorities in the programmes, space to include the depth of knowledge required is scarce.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Specialists
European Training Foundation, 2023
Qualifications frameworks are tools for describing qualifications of an education or training system by classifying them into levels. Each level provides a clear description of what the holder of a qualification knows, understands and is able to do. They are important tools for making qualifications transparent and comprehensible, within and…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Global Approach, Regional Programs, Nonformal Education
European Training Foundation, 2023
Qualifications frameworks are tools for describing qualifications of an education or training system by classifying them into levels. Each level provides a clear description of what the holder of a qualification knows, understands and is able to do. They are important tools for making qualifications transparent and comprehensible, within and…
Descriptors: Qualifications, Global Approach, Regional Programs, Nonformal Education
Reena Soniassy; Andrew J. Martin; Rozanne Kruger – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2024
This study explores workplace supervisors' perceptions of student mental health during their work-integrated learning (WIL) programme and their role in supporting these students. Research methods involved analyzing online survey (n = 80) results and semi-structured recorded interviews (n = 11) with supervisors from the MSc WIL programme (Nutrition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dietetics, Internship Programs, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions)
Adams, Margaret – Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 2023
Rural and remote communities are challenged by an incongruous combination of poorer health and deficits of health workers. Health professionals working in rural and remote practice contexts are largely educated with standardised curriculum content designed for urban-dominant systems, even though non-urban populations account for approximately half…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Allied Health Personnel, Allied Health Occupations Education, Employment Qualifications
Wibrow, Bridget; Waugh, Joanne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2020
Reducing the number of vocational qualifications available is a current or recent priority area of many VET [vocational education and training] systems internationally, but what is the best way to achieve this and is there anything that needs to be considered? Focusing on cases studies on New Zealand, England, Finland and the Netherlands, this…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Competence, Job Skills
Atherton, Graeme – Sutton Trust, 2021
England has a 'pre-qualification' system of higher education admissions, where applications and offers are made to young people before exam results are received. While in most cases offers are conditional on achieving a grade target in A Level exams, recent years have seen an exponential growth in 'unconditional offers', where the offer of a place…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Admission, Universities, Qualifications
Wibrow, Bridget; Waugh, Joanne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2020
Recent vocational education and training (VET) reforms in many countries have focused on reducing the number of VET qualifications available and restructuring qualifications so that they better meet the needs of working life. This literature review provides examples of how VET qualifications have been rationalised in various countries and briefly…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Qualifications, Occupational Clusters, Foreign Countries
Pomianowicz, Katja – European Educational Research Journal, 2023
The present article investigates the relationship between the degree of tracking and inequalities in reading literacy of second-generation and non-immigrant students in 28 Western countries. The article takes into account that next to between-school tracking, there are also more subtle forms of tracking, such as tracking within schools or classes.…
Descriptors: Track System (Education), Equal Education, Immigrants, Academic Achievement
Reinsfield, Elizabeth; Lee, Kerry – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2022
The recruitment and retention of technology teachers in New Zealand is facing a potential crisis point. Worryingly, there are continuing misconceptions about the purpose and nature of technology education, and an ageing demographic in this sector of the teaching community. It is becoming increasingly difficult for schools to attract and appoint…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Education, Teachers, Teacher Recruitment