The idea of twenty-first century skills has been popular in higher education, and education in
general, for the last couple of decades. At the heart of this idea is the belief that those …

What is a university degree for? What can it offer to students? Is it only about getting a job?
How can we measure the quality of an undergraduate degree? Paul Ashwin shows how …

The objective of the study was to examine the perceptions of business students on their
employability skills at the point of graduation. The study was partially driven by past research …

This article critically analyses how the entrepreneurial ecosystem and institutional
environment influences the development of frugal innovation and informal entrepreneurship …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the relative importance of different
employability skills for business graduates seeking initial employment. Method: Semi …

The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it identifies the extent to which Nigerian higher
education institutions (HEIs) enable the development of graduate skills and employability …

Higher education institutions are responsible for providing their graduates with relevant job
skills that will allow them to compete in the labour market. With this in mind, the purpose of …

This scoping review paper explores skills gaps for graduates in creative industries as
identified and discussed in global industrial and education contexts. Adopting the Preferred …

Graduates with a high level of competence can cope better with the disequilibria triggered
by events such as shifting labor processes and job transitions. This study examined the …

While the extant literature generally suggests a positive relationship between work
placement learning (WPL) and student employability, the mechanisms underlying this …