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Suleman, Fátima; Videira, Pedro; Araújo, Emília – Education Sciences, 2021
This research examines the barriers and facilitators to employers' engagement with higher education institutions. The data were collected through interviews with a set of employers (n = 19) in the Northern region of Portugal, V.N.de Famalicão, in 2019. We begin by exploring employers' engagement activities as a potential solution to address…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Employment Potential, Job Skills
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Pereira, Elisabeth T.; Vilas-Boas, Madalena; Rebelo, Cátia F. C. – Industry and Higher Education, 2020
This article explores which measures are perceived by European key stakeholders (students, employers and academics) as crucial for the development of curricula that provide graduates with working-life competences and key skills that may increase their employability. It also seeks to identify measures that may strengthen cooperation between…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Employment Potential, Stakeholders, School Business Relationship
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Sin, Cristina; Amaral, Alberto – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
This paper reports the results of preliminary research into how Portuguese academics and employers perceive the responsibility of different higher education stakeholders-students, teaching staff, higher education institutions, employers, and policy-makers-for developing graduate employability. The study was conducted 8 years after the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Employer Attitudes