scholarly journals Fashioning a master’s degree

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 250-268
Author(s):  
Annick Schramme ◽  
Ian W King
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Third World ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
World Market ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Full Description ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
The Future ◽  
Master’S Degree

Fashion has a varied and explosive history. Our responsibility as educators preparing students and therefore careers for this context places us in a very difficult and complex position. Do we prepare students to be successful or do we prepare them to ‘invest’ in their industry? In this paper, we construct our story of developing an ethical, sustainable international master’s degree in Fashion Management. It is a journey of development that sees higher education establishments from Belgium and Italy join together with a ‘third-party’ university from an emerging third-world market in sharing and developing a group of international students willing to ‘invest’ and become industry transformers. Integral to our approach is context and the importance of narrative and responsibility for the learner; as such, this requires a return to old ‘andragogic’ versus ‘pedagogic’ education philosophies. Our account provides a full description of the rationale for aligning the ‘pedagogic’ with ‘andragogic’ and this involves learners to actually experience and understand in context. The principal aim of this paper is to explore the experience of introducing narratives between fashion industry and academia in these different locations as a means of ‘raising’ issues regarding future responsibility and thereby develop critical reflexive skills that will be valuable in other geographical and market contexts for the future.

scholarly journals Role-play in Literature Lectures

2017 ◽  
Vol XI (1) ◽  
pp. 94-108
Author(s):  
Isobel Ní Riain ◽  
Ciarán Dawson ◽  
Marian McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Irish Literature ◽  
Irish Language ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
University College ◽  
The Future ◽  
Master’S Degree

The following article draws on research that I carried out as part of a master’s degree in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in University College Cork (UCC) between 2015-2016. I teach Irish language and literature in the Modern Irish Dept. of UCC. The intervention I used with my students was role-play which is not generally used in the teaching of Irish Literature. My research was an investigation into the learning students associate with the use of role-play in literature lectures. The findings show that while students reported learning many different things from role-play, there was no consensus as to what one could learn from the use of role-play in literature lectures. I am encouraged by the findings and will continue to use role-play in the future.1

scholarly journals Master’s Programs in Russia: Four Paths of Future Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 20-33
Author(s):  
O. V. Petrova ◽  
O. R. Chepyuk ◽  
S. D. Makarova ◽  
V. V. Mariko ◽  
A. I. Gorylev
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
Main Hypothesis ◽  
Practical Result ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Master's Degree Programs ◽  
The Future ◽  
Master’S Degree

The publication raises the question of the role of master’s degree in the system of modern higher education. Based on a survey of opinions (three-party survey) of key stakeholder groups (employers; students in higher education programs; managers of master’s degree programs; master’s degree teachers), the authors consider possible options for developing master’s degree as one of the key stages of higher education in Russia. The authors conclude that university development programs in the field of master’s degree education should be designed taking into account the high level of uncertainty in the external environment, which means that they should provide for scenario modeling of the future of the entire scientific and educational ecosystem. The study uses the classification of four types of the future labor market (“technological world”, “world of social responsibility”, “world of entrepreneurship” and “world of corporations”) as the main hypothesis about the options for such scenario planning. The study results are visualized in the form of a roadmap for the strategic development of the Russian master’s degree programs, highlighting key trends for each of the development options. The practical result of the study was the identification of the main “gaps” in the positions of stakeholders on the status of the master’s degree program and effective models of its implementation. The conclusions and results of the publication will be interesting for the purposes of the university strategic management, the formation of a development strategy for the master’s degree, as well as the development of special programs for interaction with employers and students. 

scholarly journals INTRODUCING EUROPEAN UNION NEW SKILLS INITIATIVES IN TEACHING MASTER’S DEGREE STUDENTS

PRIMO ASPECTU ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 54-61
Author(s):  
Julia N. ZIYATDINOVA
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
English Language ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Language Classes ◽  
Master's Degree Students ◽  
The Future ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
The Eu

Internationalization of education imposes new requirements on higher education, more attention is given to new skills for the future, with a special attention to developing new skills for the future and exploring new communication strategies in the English language in academic and professional contexts. These requirements are of special importance for the Russian engineering education which trains professionals for the industry of the future. Unfortunately, little attention is paid to soft skills including intercultural competencies which are considered as most necessary for professional activities in any field. The paper proposes a solution to this problem at the level of master’s degree studies through changing the contents of the course in the foreign language. The paper analyses the experience of encouraging intercultural communication of MSc students through studying the EU new skills initiatives during the English language classes with the use of interactive and digital technologies. The results show that under conditions of internationalization of higher education and collaboration between the Russian and European Union universities, it is efficient to train master’s degree students for intercultural communication using the new skills initiatives of EU in the English language classes. These educational materials contribute to developing intercultural and communicative competences of master’s degree students and their personal interest in studying the course of the foreign language. The author concludes that it is necessary and efficient to study the experience of the EU as one of the key economic partners of Russia. The results of this study can be further used in teaching other courses of humanities in engineering master’s degree programs.

A FEW WORDS ABOUT FAMILY PENSION, FAMILY EMOLUMENT AND PROPORTIONALITY OF THE BENEFIT

2021 ◽  
Vol specjalny (XXI) ◽  
pp. 699-706
Author(s):  
Alina Wypych-Żywicka
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
The Right

Family pension entitlement applies to children up to the age of 25. If the subject has reached this age in the last year of studies in a higher school, family pension entitlement extends until the end of studies. The problem is the interpretation of the phrase ‘in the last year of studies in a higher school’. It is unknown whether its meaning is limited only to the higher education (up to master’s degree) or whether it covers all forms of studies conducted by a higher school. Extending the meaning of this phrase shall cause the category of children entitled to the family pension to enlarge significantly, because entitled shall be those children who are students as well as those who take up postgraduate or doctoral studies. Such an interpretation seems to go too far. The conditions for acquiring the right to a family emolument after the deceased performing the profession of the judge also need to be specified.

Focusing on dilemmas challenging reputation management in higher education

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kati Suomi ◽  
Päivikki Kuoppakangas ◽  
Ulla Hytti ◽  
Charles Hampden-Turner ◽  
Jukka Kangaslahti
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Reputation Management ◽  
Student Survey ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Degree Programme ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the dilemmas that challenge reputation management in the context of higher education (HE). Design/methodology/approach – The paper introduces one Finnish multidisciplinary master's degree programme as a case in point. The empirical data comprises a student survey and semi-structured interviews with internal and external stakeholders whose work relates to the master's degree programme in question. Findings – The findings identify different types of dilemmas arising from collaboration between stakeholders of HE. Practical implications – The paper demonstrates how the dilemma-reconciliation method can be used to enhance reputation management in HE. Originality/value – The novelty of the paper is in applying dilemma theory (Hampden-Turner and Trompenaars, 2000) in parallel with reputation theories. Dilemma theory attributes reputation risks to conflicting aims.

Shaping the future of a globalized world

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 162-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Burkhardt ◽  
Elisabeth E. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Students ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Cultural Interactions

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand how everyday cross-cultural interactions affected the adjustment of undergraduate international students attending a private university in the northeastern United States of America. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected primarily through interviews with nine international students and observations at “Eastern University”. Students were purposively selected to balance gender and world regions. Analysis used constant comparison until findings emerged, which were member-checked with study participants (Merriam, 2009). Findings – Findings show that the impact of university diversity initiatives for promoting everyday cross-cultural interactions is described as creating an us/them divide, promoting solidarity and establishing a cultural presence. It is concluded that formal university events foster recognition of the campus diversity international students help provide, but their impact on everyday cross-cultural interactions is both positive and negative. Additionally, the mode by which undergraduate international students are introduced to their US campus affects their integration and future interaction patterns. Research limitations/implications – Further research is needed to explore higher education institutions (HEIs)’ connection to human resource development (HRD) for shaping the future global arena. Studies that address the continuum from higher education to the workforce are needed to prepare the next generation of professionals for a global world. This study is limited due to small sample size. Findings are not generalizable in a statistical sense, but HRD professionals in HEIs may compare the details in this study with their own institutions. Originality/value – This study contributes to the discussion of national HRD by addressing international students and their insights into how diversity programs impact adjustment in an American setting. Additionally, organizational and faculty development initiatives in academic institutions can be improved by understanding the insights found in this study.

scholarly journals The situation of Polish higher education graduates on the labour market in the first year after graduation

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4 (31)) ◽  
pp. 87-99
Author(s):  
Adam Damrath
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Master's Degree ◽  
Education Level ◽  
First Year ◽  
Job Seeking ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
Master’S Degree ◽  
Polish Higher Education

The literature highlights the present-day problem of misalignment between skills possessed by graduates and employer expectations. This has been shown to considerably affect the length of time spent by graduates on job seeking and – consequently – their earnings. It is particularly interesting to compare the situation of graduates of various levels and fields of study in Poland among those surveyed by the MNiSW (Ministry of Science and Higher Education) – 2016. The study provides interesting conclusions confirming the thesis that an increase in the education level leads to increased income. Thus, those graduating with a Master’s degree find work more easily and earn higher salaries. The article analyses the MNiSW, OECD, EU, GUS databases. The work is analytical and descriptive.

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