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Direct linkMesser, David – Education & Training, 2018
Purpose: In the UK, concern frequently has been voiced that young people lack appropriate employability skills. One way to address this is to provide work based placements. In general, previous research findings have indicated that young people find such placements useful because of help with career choice and relevant skills. However, most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Placement, Job Skills, Employment Potential
Brooks, Ruth; Youngson, Paul L. – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
Combining work experience with degree-level study is seen as a key differentiator for securing employment upon graduation in a competitive employment market. The positive benefits of sandwich courses, where up to 12 months is spent working in industry, are widely acknowledged in academic literature though data analysis tends to focus on cohorts in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Career Development, Academic Achievement
Bridger, Kath – Higher Education Academy, 2015
This research project was commissioned by the UK Higher Education International Unit (IU) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in June 2014 to explore academic perspectives on the outcomes of outward mobility at undergraduate, postgraduate and research levels for UK domiciled students, and to consider how best to facilitate the take up as well…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, College Students, Employment Potential
Download full textMahmood, Lynsey; Slabu, Letitia; de Moura, Georgina Randsley; Hopthrow, Tim – Psychology Teaching Review, 2014
Employers often claim that graduates are not ready for the world of work as they lack employability skills (Archer & Davison, 2008). One policy response to this claim has been to encourage students to undertake a work placement to enhance success in the competitive job market (The Dearing Report, 1997). The present research investigated…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Employment Potential, Job Placement, Undergraduate Students
Balta, Maria Elisavet; Coughlan, Jane-Lisa; Hobson, Peter – Journal of International Education Research, 2012
Due to recent changes in higher education and the increased demand for highly qualified candidates in the labor market, the employability of U.K. graduates has become a key performance indicator for universities. Institutions of higher education attempt to address employability by delivering a skilled workforce that will ensure the U.K.'s…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Work Experience Programs, Foreign Countries, Employment Potential
