Goals and Purposes of Higher Education in the 21st Century edited by Arnold Burgen Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London and Bristol, Pennsylvania. Higher Education Policy Series 32, 1996 (221 pages) ISBN 1-85302-547-X. £27.50

1996 ◽  
Vol 4 (04) ◽  
pp. 427
Author(s):  
Inge Jonsson
Author(s):  
Kaleb Oxley ◽  
Tristan Van Rooyen

Micro-credentials, digital badges and industry-recognised certificates have been attracting considerable attention in recent years and with the disruption of many jobs due to the pandemic, interest in continuing education has grown. Micro-credentials represent an alternative approach to career and professional development (Ghasia, Machumu, & De Smet, 2019, p. 219; LaMagna, 2017, p. 207). These credentialed … industry aligned short units of learning’ are described by Wheelahan & Moodie (2021, p. 212) as an extension of ‘21st century skills’ and the discourse of employability in higher education. Graduate employability has become heavily integrated into modern higher education policy frameworks, but what does this actually mean from a student perspective?


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