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A Critical Perspective on Industry Involvement in Higher Education Learning: Enhancing Graduates' Knowledge and Skills for Job Creation in Nigeria
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Okolie, Ugochukwu Chinonso; Nwajiuba, Chinyere Augusta; Eneje, Beatrice; Binuomote, Michael Olayinka; Ehiobuche, Christian; Hack-Polay, Dieu – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
This study explores how Nigerian higher education institutions can facilitate industry involvement in the design of programmes and activities that enhance the development of students' knowledge and skills for business start-ups, leading to job creation. Using interview and focus group methodologies, the researchers obtained rich information from…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Mentors, College Seniors, Industry
Relationship between Knowledge and Skills in the Nigerian Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum and Graduate Employability in Chemical-Based Industries
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Okunuga, Rachael O.; Ajeyalemi, Duro – Industry and Higher Education, 2018
The knowledge and skills required of chemists in chemical-based industries were compared to those in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum in Nigeria to establish whether there were gaps between the two. In a questionnaire survey, 120 chemists in 20 chemical-based industries gave their views of the extent to which the chemistry curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Science, Science Instruction, Undergraduate Study