Progression of Skills and Competencies through University to Employment

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 290-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hobrough ◽  
Rodney Bates

This paper discusses findings of a research project comparing skills of business-related advanced GNVQ/GCE students in the UK, together with perceptions as to how skills develop through undergraduate experience into employment. Expectations of employers in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are also indicated. GNVQ students seem more aware of business needs than GCE students, and appear to have a greater awareness of teamworking. GCE students tend towards a recognition of leadership skills and improvement of self-sufficiency during higher education. Work experience is identified as the major need within higher education for SME employment across Europe and the acquisition of a foreign language is identified as a growing need for graduate employment, not only in Europe but also in certain UK business sectors.

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-21
Author(s):  
Milton Raul Licona Luna ◽  
Elizabeth Alvarado Martínez

Institutions from basic to higher education in Mexico that offer courses of English as a Foreign Language rely heavily on the administering of assessment, usually a formal type of assessment. However, the literature shows how important it is the involvement of other types of assessment in the classroom for effective language learning to take place. For instance, assessment for learning, which consist of a continuous assessment where learners receive feedback so greater learning occurs, what is more, it enables teachers to modify their teaching ways as they reflect on the learners’ progress. To show how assessment is carried out in our context, this research project focuses on a case study within the CAADI from FOD in the UANL.


1992 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 69-82
Author(s):  
Ian G. Malcolm

A joint research project between Edith Cowan University and the Guangzhou Foreign Language University, China, is seeking to find out whether university students achieve greater proficiency than otherwise when instruction is given intensively or by immersion approaches. This paper situates the research in the context of research on intensive and immersion language education at University level, particularly in the U.S.A. and Canada, outlines some principles and problems associated with the research and reports on the progress of the first phase of the project.


2021 ◽  
pp. 126-133
Author(s):  
Гайна Абдулловна Арсаханова

Медицинские факультеты британских вузов предоставляют образование самого высокого качества и являются чрезвычайно привлекательными для иностранных студентов благодаря эффективным программам коммуникативной адаптации, что обеспечивает студентам, чьим родным языком не является английский, овладеть желаемой специальностью в англоязычной среде и, в дальнейшем профессиональной жизни, пользоваться всеми преимуществами принадлежности к общности, которая является носителем языка международного научного общения. В свете общеевропейских требований были определены особенности образовательных процессов в Великобритании. Характерной чертой образования в Великобритании есть понимание иноязычного профессионального общения как составного компонента иноязычного образования, которому присущи определенные закономерности, которые находятся в поле зрения специалистов и реализуют реформы ее содержания и технологии функционирования. Понятие профессиональное иноязычное общение  рассматривается как особая межличностная профессиональное взаимодействие в сфере информационно-познавательного контакта, которая предполагает обмен информацией с учетом возможностей познавательного и эмоционального воздействия на собеседника и особенностей речевого и поведенческого этикета носителей языка. Система высшего образования в Великобритании является сложной и имеет ряд характеристик, которые вообще не встречаются в других странах Европы. Во-первых, существует четыре системы, по одному для каждой административной юрисдикции Великобритании: Англии, Шотландии, Уэльса и Северной Ирландии. Сходство среди четырех больше, чем их различия, поэтому можно говорить о системе высшего образования в Британии», однако различия, однако, отмечаются и становятся все более и более популярными. В частности, Шотландия, которая всегда имела отдельную образовательную систему, приняла особый подход к организации образования на всех уровнях и, например, использует систему кредитования и квалификации, которая охватывает все уровни деятельности от среднего до высшего образования. Отношения между высшими образовательными системами Великобритании становятся все более сложными с 1997 года, когда она перешла к системе законодательства в Шотландии, Уэльсе и Северной Ирландии. The medical faculties of British universities provide education of the highest quality and are extremely attractive to international students thanks to effective programs of communicative adaptation, which ensures that students whose native language is not English, master the desired specialty in an English-speaking environment and, in the future of professional life, enjoy all the advantages of belonging to a community that is a native speaker of the language of international scientific communication. In the light of the pan-European requirements, the features of educational processes in the UK were determined. A characteristic feature of education in the UK is the understanding of foreign-language professional communication as an integral component of foreign-language education, which is characterized by certain patterns that are in the field of view of specialists and implement reforms of its content and technology of functioning. The concept of professional foreign language communication is considered as a special interpersonal professional interaction in the field of informational and cognitive contact, which involves the exchange of information taking into account the possibilities of cognitive and emotional impact on the interlocutor and the peculiarities of speech and behavioral etiquette of native speakers. The higher education system in the UK is complex and has a number of characteristics that are not found in other European countries at all. Firstly, there are four systems, one for each administrative jurisdiction of the UK: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The similarities among the four are greater than their differences, so we can talk about the higher education system in Britain," however, the differences, however, are noted and are becoming more and more popular. In particular, Scotland, which has always had a separate educational system, has adopted a special approach to the organization of education at all levels and, for example, uses a credit and qualification system that covers all levels of activity from secondary to higher education. The relationship between the UK's higher education systems has become increasingly complex since 1997, when it switched to a system of legislation in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.


Soundings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (76) ◽  
pp. 69-81
Author(s):  
Jessica Simpson

This article draws on interviews with 39 female students who work, in order to refute contradictory, and class-blind, narratives that see students as either workshy, or as 'failing' to prioritise their education over paid employment. The data reveals that dominant ideas of the undergraduate experience are outmoded and fail to represent the multiplicity and complexity of students' lives. The experiences of the interviewees make it clear just how wide of the mark universities and governments are in their understanding of the employment pressures faced by many students. Rather than being un/employed, young people are now engaging with university and work in 'new' ways, in response to the increased neoliberalisation of higher education and the labour markets. Participants ranged from students with side-jobs to students who were doing their degrees 'on the side'; either as a strategic form of income generation and/or as a result of structural inequalities. The findings from the study add to scholarship demonstrating the need to rethink higher education and how it is delivered in the UK.


Author(s):  
Toni Wright ◽  
Sarah Jeffries-Watts

University employability awards, in the UK particularly, aim to assist students to develop career related skills and attributes and thus increase their potential to achieve graduate level employment. Self-report quantitative and qualitative data were collected at intervals via questionnaires, interviews and focus groups from two cohorts (N = 212) of a well-established career development and employability award at a large civic UK university. Findings indicated increases in confidence and aspiration, and in the ability to articulate and apply skills and abilities; also that the award may convey similar benefits to work experience. Survey data from award completers indicated that they had changed their career related behaviour, and students who have completed the award show a consistent small increase in their level of graduate employment when compared to the graduate employment figure for the university as a whole in the UK university destinations data.Employability related values, attitudes and behaviour may all change as a result of award experience. Reported changes implied a sense of improved resourcefulness. It is hypothesised that the award may enhance student employability somewhat via development of psychosocial resources, producing a shift in the student’s perception of self and identity.


English Today ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beril T. Arik ◽  
Engin Arik

According to Kachru's (1992) concentric circles framework, the use of English across countries can be grouped into three circles: an inner circle in which English is the native language, e.g., the UK; an outer circle in which English serves certain functions due to colonization, e.g., India; and an expanding circle in which English is taught as a foreign language, e.g., Turkey. Although many studies have examined the role of English in higher education in Turkey (e.g., Arik & Arik, 2014; Karakaş, 2016), the use of English in the media has not been explored to the same extent. The present study addresses the use of English in movies in theaters in Turkey. The study shows that English is the language of 50% of the movies shown in theaters in Turkey. Therefore, our findings provide further evidence showing the prevalence of English in Turkish movie theaters.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Evans ◽  
Tim Maxfield ◽  
Gbolahan Gbadamosi

An exploration of the value attached to the work experience of graduates, and particularly the value of part-time working whilst studying for a degree, from an employer's perspective, is reported. A documentary analysis of graduate recruiters was conducted to assess the extent to which work experience was specified for graduate employment programmes. Further interviews were then carried out with a sample of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to explore how the part-time working of graduates is perceived by employers. Work experience is deemed to be important to employers, not only as a differentiator but also as a measure of how graduates will perform in-post. Employers generally signalled the value of work experience, but indicated that graduates did not make best use of it in their job applications. It is argued that the findings will provide information to universities and educators about the contribution and importance of students' part-time working in terms of graduate employment prospects and with respect to the employability agenda in the HE curriculum in the UK.


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-419
Author(s):  
Louise Pigden ◽  
Andrew Garford Moore

Purpose In the UK, the majority of university students specialise and study just one subject at bachelor degree level, commonly known in the UK as a single honours degree. However, nearly all British universities will permit students if they wish to study two or even three subjects, so-called joint or combined honours degrees, internationally known as a double major. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between graduate employment, pre-university educational attainment and degree classification achieved. The study also explored student choice with respect to university prestige. Design/methodology/approach The authors analysed the complete data set provided from the Higher Education Statistics Agency Destination of Leavers from the Higher Education survey, and combined this with data from the POLAR4 quintiles, Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) tariff points and degree classification. The data were analysed to establish whether there was a difference in the choices and highly skilled graduate employment of the joint honours students, focussing particularly on Russell Group and Post-92 Universities, in order to build on previous published work. Findings For any UCAS tariff band, the higher the POLAR4 quintile the higher the rate of highly skilled destination. Russell Group outperform the Post-92 graduates in their rates of highly skilled destinations, for any tariff band and for both joint and single honours degrees. Higher POLAR4 quintile graduates are more likely to study at the Russell Group, with this effect increasing the higher the UCAS tariff. With the exception of first class honours graduates from Post-92 universities, joint and single honours from the Russell Group have a higher rate of highly skilled destination than Post-92 in the next higher degree classification. Social implications Low POLAR4 quintile students with high UCAS tariffs are “under-matching” and there is an impact on their graduate employment as a result. Originality/value This study adds new insights into joint honours degrees and also reinforces the literature around educational advantage and achievement prior to university, and the impact on graduate employment. Educational disadvantage persists over the course of a university degree education, from the perspective of gaining graduate employment. Higher quintile graduates are proportionately more likely to achieve the highest degree classifications, and proportionately less likely to achieve the lowest classifications, than graduates from the lower quintiles. Joint honours graduates are less likely to achieve a first class honours degree than single honours, and this will affect their rate of highly skilled destination.


2004 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 60-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Elias ◽  
Kate Purcell

This paper uses a variety of recent sources of information to explore the labour market experiences of those who gained a degree in the 1980s and 1990s. Specifically, we address the issue of ‘overeducation’ — the view that the expansion of higher education in the 1990s created a situation in which increasing numbers of graduates were unable to access employment that required and valued graduate skills and knowledge. Two complementary approaches to this issue are adopted. We review available evidence on the graduate earnings premium and change in the UK occupational structure, and we conduct a detailed examination of the earnings and characteristics of jobs done by a large sample of 1995 graduates seven years after graduation.We conclude that, while there may have been a decline from the high premium enjoyed by older graduates, for those who graduated in 1995 the average premium was holding up well, despite the expansion. Although we found differences between established graduate occupations and the newer areas of graduate employment, our evidence suggests that the development of new technical and managerial specialisms and occupational restructuring within organisations has been commensurate with the availability of an increased supply of highly qualified people.


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