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Students' Views about the Purpose of Higher Education: A Comparative Analysis of Six European Countries
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Brooks, Rachel; Gupta, Achala; Jayadeva, Sazana; Abrahams, Jessie – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
Across Europe, assumptions are often made within the academic literature and by some social commentators that students have come to understand the purpose of higher education (HE) in increasingly instrumental terms. This is often linked to processes of marketisation and neo-liberalisation across the Global North, in which the value of HE has come…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Role of Education, Higher Education, Correlation
Competences in Higher Education Tourism Internships
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Ferreras-Garcia, Raquel; Sales-Zaguirre, Jordi; Serradell-López, Enric – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the level of correspondence between the academic training received by students and the demands of the job market. This was achieved by analysing the competences that are developed in internships to provide useful information for universities, students and tourism companies.…
Descriptors: Training, Labor Market, Correlation, Job Skills
Fostering Creativity and Communicative Soft Skills through Leisure Activities in Management Studies
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Mareque, Mercedes; de Prada Creo, Elena; Gonzalez-Sanchez, Maria Beatriz – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the way leisure activities and soft skills relate to creativity in higher education. It determines which activities have a positive impact on the student body's overall education. Previous research evidences the relationship between specific leisure activities and creativity performance in…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Leisure Time, Correlation, Student Attitudes
Working Whilst Studying in Higher Education: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Academic and Labour Market Success
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Sanchez-Gelabert, Albert; Figueroa, Mijail; Elias, Marina – European Journal of Education, 2017
An analysis of the phenomenon of combining work and study amongst university students is made using data obtained from surveys of graduates carried out four years after finishing their degrees. First, the article reviews the evolution of the phenomenon over the last ten years, taking into account the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Market, Statistical Analysis, Sampling
The Impact of Literacy, Numeracy and Computer Skills on Earnings and Employment Outcomes. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 129
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Lane, Marguerita; Conlon, Gavan – OECD Publishing, 2016
Using the 2012 PIAAC data, our analysis confirms that there are significantly higher earnings and employment returns to "both" increasing levels of formally recognised education, and to increasing levels of numeracy, literacy and information and communication technologies (ICT) skills proficiencies controlling for the level of education.…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Computer Literacy, Employment
Student-Perceived Organizational Support and Perceived Employability in the Marketing of Higher Education
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Trullas, Irene; Simo, Pep; Fusalba, Oriol R.; Fito, Angels; Sallan, Jose M. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2018
In the current context, the need for marketing in institutions of higher education is undeniable. The specification of the student not merely as a 'customer' means that traditional marketing no longer has sufficient capacity to explain the behavior of the student body. In this study, a four-level relationship marketing model is tested to check the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, Marketing, Employment Qualifications