Increasing the Visibility of Graduate Students' Employability Skills

2021 ◽  
pp. 253-275
Author(s):  
Lourdes Guàrdia ◽  
Marcelo Fabián Maina ◽  
Federica Mancini
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Impact

This chapter highlights the contributions of the EPICA project in reducing the skills gap of graduate students in sub-Saharan Africa. It presents the solution designed and implemented to improve the quality of employability skills development and visibility to prospective employers. The first part of this chapter provides an overview of the skills gap between higher education institutions and the workplace in sub-Saharan Africa. It includes the description of the specific eAssessment pedagogical framework and methodology supported by the EPICA ePortfolio as a transition tool designed to address this gap. The second part of the chapter outlines the challenges that could hinder the solution's implementation and the full exploitation of its benefits. Solutions and recommendations are also discussed with the aim to increase the impact in the EPICA stakeholder community and encourage the implementation of the proposed solution in other universities, especially those adopting blended and online learning models.

Teach Less and Learn More

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-42
Author(s):  
Ratneswary Rasiah ◽  
Sotheeswari Somasundram ◽  
Kelly Pei Leng Tee ◽  
Jason James Turner
Keyword(s):  
Instructional Technology ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

This study aims to investigate the impact of assessments and instructional technology on a students' learning experience and the development of their graduate capabilities. In a disruptive employment market where there appears to be a mis-match between employer expectations and the graduate skill-set, the onus has fallen upon education providers to better align the capabilities taught in school with employer and employment market expectations. Using a survey-based approach to collect 118 responses, this research revealed the positive and significant roles played by assessments and technology in enhancing students' learning development of graduate capabilities, with the use of technology identified as the stronger influencer on student learning. The findings of this study are beneficial to educators and policy makers, providing insight into the individual and collective role of assessment(s) and embedding technology into the curriculum as means to address the skills gap which should inform further research into the graduate skills conundrum.

scholarly journals The impact of flexible working arrangements on competitive advantages of organization

2019 ◽  
pp. 55-61
Author(s):  
Oksana Pavlova
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

In modern marketplace business organizations are obliged to take into consideration that in order to compete among other organizations, they must attract the best talents who are able to make creative decisions. According to the latest issue of world competitiveness report (2019), employees are striving for flexibility despite the observed fact that they also tend to lack skills and described as volatile. Organizations are trying to suggest appealing working conditions in order to position themselves as attractive employees. This might be the reason why many of the leading organizations in the world position themselves as employers of flexible working conditions (Wiryakusuma, Chai, King et al. 2017). As there is a skills gap noticed as a prevailing global trend, it became harder for organizations to change employees. Therefore, a lot of efforts and investments are necessary in order to keep a skillful and efficient employee.

China slowdown opens avenues for India's economy

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Commodity Prices ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strategic Competition ◽  
Finance Minister ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Trade And Investment ◽  
China’S Economy

Subject The impact of China's slowdown on India. Significance Finance minister Arun Jaitley has seen the slowing of China's economy as the 'moment' for India to assert its own claims to growth. Already benefiting from the decline in global commodity prices, India's 'Make in India' campaign aims to seize a larger share of global manufacturing and investment from China. Yet there is a downside: China is itself a major trade and investment partner for India. Impacts Land acquisition hurdles will be overcome most easily at the regional level. India's skills gap is large but the government has yet to prioritise educational reform and to finance vocational training sufficiently. Increased China-India strategic competition could undercut bilateral economic cooperation.

Skill India initiative – implications for the hospitality sector in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandeep Munjal ◽  
Shweta Tiwari
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Hospitality Sector ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the Indian government’s “skill India” initiative, the scale of the task, progress to-date, the rationale for the theme issue question and the approach taken by the theme editors, their writing team and the wider stakeholders who contributed their insights to analysis and the generation of recommendations. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws on prior research related to the skilled labour challenge and explores issues identified by hospitality industry leaders and other key stakeholders. The skill India initiative led by the central government aims to resolve the skills gap, and this paper establishes the context of the theme issue by presenting a macro-view of the labour supply deficiency that the sector faces and the impact the initiative has made to-date. Findings The paper profiles the approach adopted by the theme authors and their writing team in relation to the strategic question. Practical implications The theme issue draws extensively from the experiences of industry, training partners and government agencies and institutions, and it reflects their varied perspectives. The research has implications for all stakeholders as they work to find solutions to key issues and challenges around the effective implementation of the skill India mission. Originality/value This research identifies some of the issues that are affecting the impact and success of the skill India initiative, and it provides recommendations for government, NGOs, training partners and industry to improve the outcomes of the programmes on offer.

Incubator of Projectuality

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-66
Author(s):  
Carlo Giovannella
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
School Law ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
School Students ◽  
Lazio Region ◽  
In Situ Simulation ◽  
Good School ◽  
Productive Systems ◽  
The Impact

This article describes the recent introduction of a massive alternance scheme in the Italian schools by means of the so called “Buona scuola” (good school) law. In this article, the authors report on a) the outcomes of a survey carried out on a large sample of high school students attending schools located in the South-East area of Rome; b) a comparison of such outcomes with those contained in a recent report released by Unindustria, the entrepreneurs' union of Lazio Region. The comparison highlights the cultural and organizational limits that affect both the school and the productive systems that have not been able to fully dampen the impact produced by the new alternance scheme. As a consequence, politicians and scholars are called to imagine alternative models and solutions that, at the same time could mitigate the skills gap, increase the students' capacity to read entrepreneurial organizations and, ultimately, contribute concretely to the economic development of the territory. In response to this pressing need, the authors propose, as ASLERD, an approach that has been designed to mitigate the criticalities emerged from their survey and Unindustria's report. The core of the strategy is based on the in-situ simulation of innovation processes and in the development of an open badge system to certificate competences/skills and roles.

scholarly journals Project Management Skills in Malaysian Economic Sectors

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Rukmani P ◽  
◽  
Kamran Shavarebi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Conceptual Study ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Job Mismatch

Objective of this conceptual study is to investigate the demand for project management skills in Malaysian economic sectors and to develop strategies on narrowing down the project management talent gap to enable the nation in leveraging on project management talents to implement strategic initiatives, driving change, and delivering innovation to Malaysia whilst contributing to nation’s productivity and standard of living. Previous studies on project management skills demand in Malaysian economic sector is limited, mostly related to non-Malaysian economies and other areas of skills. Demand and supply theory based on Graduate Tracer Study is used as basis to understand and close the gap in project management skills demand and project management talent shortages and, in consideration of potential job mismatch due to traits of workers and the impact of curriculum design on employability competence. This study on project management skills in Malaysia will serve as basis to identify the project management skills gap in Malaysian economic sectors. Proposed model of strategies expected to be developed in this study is aimed to provide granular level insights for government in adopting more targeted approach in meeting the demand for project management skills and narrowing down project management talent shortages.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Voices on the Impact of COVID-19 on School Education: Are Ed-Tech Companies Really the Panacea?

2020 ◽  
pp. 097318492097643
Author(s):  
Samta Jain ◽  
Marie Lall ◽  
Anviti Singh
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
National Capital Region ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Pedagogical Skills ◽  
National Capital ◽  
Online Pedagogies ◽  
The Impact

COVID-19 has brought about changes to the education system that impact teachers in multiple ways. The article discusses the views of affected teachers under the three-gap framework: access, usage, and pedagogical skills gap. Between 29 April 2020, and 29 May 2020, an online survey was administered to 550 Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) teachers, of which 288 responded. The data show that the inequalities between private schools and government schools are sharpened by the move to online education. This is compounded by the fact that students from economically weaker sections of society have become hard to reach, and teachers do not know how to support hard-to-reach students who are also severely affected by the pandemic. The data also show that teachers have not been trained in online pedagogies. Ed-Tech companies have been stepping in, presenting themselves as a panacea to the problem with further consequences to teachers’ profession, standing, and livelihoods. However, Ed-Tech solutions are not relevant for hard-to-reach students or teachers in schools that serve hard-to-reach communities. The article first presents the voices of teachers affected by the pandemic and then critically examines the role of Ed-Tech companies, which pertain to fill the online pedagogical gap.

Formation of Lunar Craters and Bright Rays as a Result of Meteorite Impacts

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 415-418
Author(s):  
K. P. Stanyukovich ◽  
V. A. Bronshten
Keyword(s):  
Explosive Charge ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Meteorite Impacts ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Lunar Craters ◽  
The Impact

The phenomena accompanying the impact of large meteorites on the surface of the Moon or of the Earth can be examined on the basis of the theory of explosive phenomena if we assume that, instead of an exploding meteorite moving inside the rock, we have an explosive charge (equivalent in energy), situated at a certain distance under the surface.

The Geosciences Applied to Lunar Exploration

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 169-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Green
Keyword(s):  
Lunar Surface ◽  
Probable Mechanism ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Lunar Exploration ◽  
Geological Model ◽  
Apply Geophysics ◽  
Surface Features ◽  
The Impact

The term geo-sciences has been used here to include the disciplines geology, geophysics and geochemistry. However, in order to apply geophysics and geochemistry effectively one must begin with a geological model. Therefore, the science of geology should be used as the basis for lunar exploration. From an astronomical point of view, a lunar terrain heavily impacted with meteors appears the more reasonable; although from a geological standpoint, volcanism seems the more probable mechanism. A surface liberally marked with volcanic features has been advocated by such geologists as Bülow, Dana, Suess, von Wolff, Shaler, Spurr, and Kuno. In this paper, both the impact and volcanic hypotheses are considered in the application of the geo-sciences to manned lunar exploration. However, more emphasis is placed on the volcanic, or more correctly the defluidization, hypothesis to account for lunar surface features.

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