Exploring Relationships between Higher Education and Industry

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 393-401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Peacock ◽  
Adele Ladkin
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourism Education

The purpose of the research discussed here is to explore relationships between a university and its local tourism industry. Although there has been much research on the interface between education and industry few empirical studies exist that test the extent and nature of these relationships. The paper reviews the industry-education interface both in broad terms and specifically in relation to tourism education. Key areas of interaction are identified, and, using an empirical case study, various types of industry-education links are investigated, including: recruitment, employers' preferences in graduate skills, work experience and placements, industry involvement in course design, training for the tourism industry, the use by industry of university products and services, and industry's views on forging links with education. A number of recommendations are made for the improvement of industry-education links.

Environmental service-learning approach in higher education – a descriptive case study on student-led life cycle assessments of university cafeteria meals

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Johannisson ◽  
Michael Hiete
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Course Evaluation ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Descriptive Case Study

Purpose This study aims to share experiences of an easy to adapt service-learning approach in a graduate course on life cycle assessment (LCA). Specifically, it reports on how students helped the university’s cafeteria to assess meals by conducting an LCA for 25 meals and identifying environmental hotspots. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive case study of a graduate course at Ulm University is presented. The course included lectures and problem-based exercises, both theoretical and software assisted. A course evaluation was conducted during the course and one year after completion to poll improvement potentials, as well as its impacts on students’ everyday life. Findings It was found that although it was the first LCA for all students, the resulting LCA information of 25 different meals were homogeneous, comparable to the scientific literature and beneficial to the cafeteria’s sustainable development strategy. The concept of service-learning had a higher impact on students’ motivation than a good grade and active-learning is explicitly requested by students. The course design sensitized students to the real-life problems of LCA and made their consumption patterns more elaborate and ecological. Furthermore, this digitization of higher education could be carried out with only minor changes in the present COVID-19 pandemic situation. Originality/value As the subject of service-learning in natural sciences is still expandable, this study presents an easy to adapt case study on how to integrate such an approach into university curricula dominated by traditional learning. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this case study presents the first published LCA university course explicitly describing and evaluating a service-learning approach. The topic touches the everyday lives of students, allows comparisons between different student groups, is easily scalable to different group sizes and credits, and supports learning both how to study in small groups and cooperation between groups to ensure comparability of LCA results.

scholarly journals Antecedents of Job Performance of Tourism Graduates: Evidence from State University-Graduated Employees in Sri Lanka

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 16-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruwan Ranasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
Industry Needs ◽  
The Impact

Each one in eleven jobs in the world are from tourism sector where a well trained, educated and skilled work force is mandetory. Despite the growth in provision of tourism higher education during past 40 years, uncertainties remain about the content and nature of tourism degrees and how these are aligned with tourism industry needs. Substantial evidence is available on designing tourism higher education curriculum but the extent to which tourism higher education meets the industry needs and the job performance of the graduates has not yet been closely investigated. This study aims to identify the impact of tourism education on the job performance of the tourism graduates. Self-administered questionnaire fielded across the Island secured 260 public sector university tourism graduates response. Data was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling in Smart-PLS-3. The study found learning outcomes have a moderate positive relationship on job performance. Tourism graduates showed optimistic perception about tourism education in meeting industry requirements. As recommendations tourism curriculum must be well planned and enriched with supplementary practical exposure. Faculty members must provide a great support for the undergraduates in accomplishing their carrier objectives and the learning outcomes. Conducive learning environment should be facilitated to reach learning outcomes smoothly.

scholarly journals Intercultural competence of university teachers: a challenge of internationalization

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Zelenková ◽  
Dana Hanesová
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
English Language ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Medium Study ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Significant Deficit ◽  
Intercultural Mediators

Abstract The aim of the authors is to respond to the growing demands on the intercultural competence of university teachers due to intensified internationalization pressures on higher education, especially due to the growing number of students and teachers’ international exchanges. They report on an intercultural course design responding to this need, presenting a case study from Slovakia. First, they define the need of intercultural competence of university teachers, especially those teaching in English-medium study programmes. Then they share a) findings from a needs analysis preceding the design of a new curriculum for an intercultural competence course (ICC) at Matej Bel University (MBU) with three aims (development of linguistic, cultural and pedagogic competences); and b) results from action research during piloting the ICC course. A comparison of 2011 and 2018 surveys pointed to the growing dominance of the English language, including an increasing command of English by MBU teachers. The ICC curriculum, tailored to the pre-identified teachers’ needs, proved to be a feasible way of facilitating their intercultural competence. Its implementation revealed persistent prejudices and difficulties associated with overcoming them. It also confirmed a significant deficit in preparing university teachers for their role as intercultural mediators in English-medium courses.

Raising standards for hospitality and tourism education in Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-206
Author(s):  
Kashif Hussain ◽  
Abdul Murad Ahmad ◽  
Neethiahnanthan Ari Ragavan ◽  
Quee Ling Leong
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Private Higher Education ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism Education

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a briefing on milestones of Malaysia Centre of Tourism and Hospitality Education (MyCenTHE) regarding its role as a nation-building exercise in developing human capital talent for future sustainable hospitality and tourism in Malaysia. Under a national initiative by the ministry of education, hospitality and tourism educational institutes in the country have set out to better prepare graduates for industry. MyCenTHE aspires to build a hospitality and tourism cluster (threefold) so that Malaysia is able to increase its annual output of hospitality and tourism personnel from 20,000 in 2009 to 50,000 in 2020 and increase the share of graduates with diploma- or degree-level awards from 13% to 50% by 2020. These expectations can only be achieved by creating a sustainable pool of workers for this sector. It was in this context for which “MyCenTHE” was conceived. Design/methodology/approach The current study is based on documentary analysis of secondary sources, qualitative in nature, and presents a case study of MyCenTHE with its key accomplishments in promoting hospitality and tourism education in Malaysia. Findings The hospitality and tourism industry in Malaysia is set to create 600,000 new job opportunities and in so doing, will need many more skilled, work-ready graduates in the coming decade. This paper highlights the collective efforts of the private higher education sector together with some selected public institutions (polytechnics) under the umbrella of the ministry of education through the MyCenTHE platform in promoting hospitality and tourism education nationwide via national awareness campaigns, conferences, skill competitions, seminars, forums and corporate social responsibility projects. Originality/value This paper is of value in its own context and in particular support from ministry and related authorities, 26 institutions of higher education working together, approaches to hundreds of local schools and thousands of audiences/participants in awareness campaigns.

scholarly journals Importance of Garni Activities in the Sustainable Tourism: A Case Study of Hotels

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Javeed Ahmad Ganai
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism Industry ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Sustainability Principles ◽  
Hospitality And Tourism Education

This article provides a broad overview of sustainability in the hospitality and tourist business, as well as content information on sustainability that could be useful in hospitality and tourism education. The study focuses on the following question in particular: What role does sustainability education play in the hospitality and tourism industry? Themes in sustainability education are recognised in the accommodation, meetings and events, and food and beverage sectors, as well as implementations of sustainability principles in hospitality and tourism operations and perspectives on the future direction of sustainability education in this subject.

scholarly journals IDEOLOGICALLY-EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS OF TOURISM SPECIALISTS’ TRAINING IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING THE COURSE OF «PHILOSOPHY»

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
Anatolii YAROVYI
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
Human Spirituality ◽  
Educational Professional

The article deals with the social functions of philosophical factors in the formation of a modern model of tourism specialist. This model is formed and considered in accordance with the basic normative educational document - the Standard of higher education in the specialty 242 "Tourism" of the field of knowledge 24 "Sphere of service" by educational and professional program (OPP). The author makes a sample of some of the general competences provided by the educational-professional program of preparation of bachelors in the specialty "Tourism" and monitors the provision of appropriate substantiation of the nature of their provision in teaching the course "Philosophy". It is also substantiated that the philosophical and cultural approach in the system of tourism education allows the whole tourism industry to reach a higher level of self-awareness and adequately reflect a deeper understanding of tourism not just as a combination of travel and entertainment, but as a powerful factor in integrating and generating human spirituality. The author monitors these positions on the example of philosophical and cultural provision of relevant competencies of tourism specialists.

Creating a Knowledge Supply Chain for e-Tourism Curriculum Design

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 71-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fu Jing ◽  
Nopasit Chakpitak ◽  
Paul Goldsmith ◽  
Pradorn Sureephong ◽  
Taksina Kunarucks
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Scor Model ◽  
Industry Needs

Higher education, as one of the most important knowledge providers and service suppliers to the society, is obliged to produce qualified intellectual products through the process of knowledge transfer and creation, which depends largely on the quality of knowledge and the way it is delivered within a curriculum. This research takes e-tourism, a relatively new discipline, as a case study, highlighting a knowledge supply chain is the potential solution to leverage the understanding of tourism industry needs and tourism curriculum provision. The paper begins with a competency gap analysis between knowledge demand and supply. It then applies the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model to analyze the “as-is” situation of the present knowledge flow in curriculum design, and finally proposes a “to-be” conceptual framework by integrating tools and methods of knowledge management and supply chain management in a knowledge supply chain (KSC). This demonstrates that a KSC can help in achieving e-tourism requirements of higher education stakeholders at both industrial and academic levels.

Changes in higher education teachers’ perceptions of curriculum

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Van Su Nguyen ◽  
Kevin Laws
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Course Design ◽  
Induction Programs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Induction Program ◽  
Vietnamese Higher Education ◽  
Curriculum Construction

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the degree to which a compulsory induction program for Vietnamese higher education teachers influences participants’ perceptions of curriculum and course design. Design/methodology/approach This case study uses a qualitative, interpretive approach to data collection. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 program participants before they started the program and immediately after they completed the program. Five program presenters also were interviewed and documents related to the program were analyzed. Findings The findings reflect the influence of Biggs’ (2003) constructive alignment approach on participants’ curriculum perceptions, although this approach was not explicitly stated in the program guidelines. Upon the completion of the program, participants realized the importance of their voices in curriculum construction and course design, which was absent from the pre-program findings. However, students’ agency in co-constructing the curriculum and the “being” of curriculum were not perceived. Research limitations/implications The paper adds to the growing literature on induction programs and their relation to curriculum perceptions. Practical implications The paper provides examples of the changes in participants’ perceptions of curriculum and accentuates, what is neglected in the construction of curriculum. Originality/value The paper invites reflection on the design and implementation of curriculum from academic developers, education practitioners and researchers in similar contexts.

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