Skill development in higher education and employment

Dunne, Elisabeth; Bennett, Neville; Carré, Clive

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“…There is, however, no consensus as to how the gap should be described and explained or how it can be bridged (Atkins 1999). The gap has been attributed to different rationales (Jørgensen 2004) or languages (Dunne, Bennet, and Carré 2000) in academia and the world of work, to problems associated with transference of knowledge between contexts (Eraut 2004), to knowledge being contextually situated (Lave and Wenger 1991), and the need for resituating knowledge in professional practice (Guile and Griffiths 2001;Smeby and Vågan 2008). How the gap is understood is *Email: staffan.nilsson@liu.se associated with the theoretical understanding of knowledge and learning, and also what function higher education is expected to have in relation to the world of work.…”

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On the meaning of higher education in professional practice: the case of physicians and engineers

Nilsson

2010

Journal of Education and Work

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This article draws on a longitudinal qualitative study of graduate transitions from higher education programmes to the world of work. In the study, 23 physicians and 20 master's level engineers in information technology, recently graduated from four different universities in Sweden, were interviewed. The aim of this article is to explore the graduates' perceptions of the function and impact of professional education in relation to professional practice. In the case of medicine, the educational and professional competence bases overlap significantly, and the professional education programme is viewed as a direct vocational preparation. However, the physicians argue that the transition to the workplace is associated with a need to reprioritise knowledge. The engineers consider the educational and professional competence bases to be only loosely coupled. Rather than focusing on the substance of the educational programme, the engineers consider the educational programme to constitute a broad foundation facilitating further learning and professional development in the workplace.

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On the meaning of higher education in professional practice: the case of physicians and engineers

Nilsson

2010

Journal of Education and Work

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“…Furthermore, many studies describe the gap between higher education and professional practice (Atkins , Dunne et al. ). How this gap is understood is associated with what function higher education is expected to have in relation to work, something that is likely to differ according to country, sector, and organizational structure (Atkins ).…”

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Bone quality assessment in routine dental implant treatment amongBrazilian andSwedish specialists

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Clinical Oral Implants Res

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“…Bennett et al (2000) argue that the skills that individual graduates developed are constrained or enabled by work circumstances. In the recent decade, rapid social, economic and political changes have urged higher education to focus on providing graduates with skills that meet the demands of the industry (Bennett et al, 2000;Dunne et al, 2000). Work environments have a significant influence on the skill development of graduates.…”

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“…The traditional role of universities in producing knowledge has changed to give more focus to the demands of society. Furthermore the development of information technology has resulted in rapid changes to the nature of work; graduates need to achieve attributes that help them not only to do the work corresponding with their disciplines, but also to be able to learn new skills and new knowledge (Bennett et al, 2000;Dunne, Bennet, & Carre, 2000). University to work transition can be a difficult process for both the new graduate and the employer.…”

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The ‘person-in-between’ role of young graduates at INGOs in Vietnam

Lan

2017

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In Vietnam today one of the consequences of globalisation has been a proliferation of international non-government organisations (INGOs). These are intercultural work environments where individuals must seek to understand the culture of others and try to share and find common ground as they strive to fulfil the goals of the organisations. These individuals need high levels of intercultural competence, particularly cultural mediation, important for the role of cultural intermediaries. Drawing on theories of cultural mediation and cultural intermediaries, this research explores the intersection of different cultural worlds in the context of development projects at INGOs in Vietnam. The new graduates in the study reflected on their resources and skills to adapt development models to the local context, thus demonstrating important employability skills. This was particularly challenging given that in organisations such as universities, where the culture was described as rigidly hierarchical, skill training was restricted to following procedures to execute a particular task. However, in organisations like INGOs with high degrees of employee autonomy, decision making is left to the discretion of staff who are required to demonstrate their own means of developing the skills. Based on the findings of the qualitative research into young Vietnamese graduates' experiences of working at INGOs, this paper argues that young graduates play a significant role in disseminating information, and at the same time promoting mutual understanding, forming culturally relativistic attitudes, and demonstrating cross-cultural empathy. They were not just gaining employment, but adding value to an enterprise. Given increasing globalisation, this research makes an interesting argument for the inclusion of cultural literacy as a necessary employability skill for successful engagement in today's world of work.

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Skill development in higher education and employment

Cited by 26 publications

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On the meaning of higher education in professional practice: the case of physicians and engineers

On the meaning of higher education in professional practice: the case of physicians and engineers

Bone quality assessment in routine dental implant treatment amongBrazilian andSwedish specialists

The ‘person-in-between’ role of young graduates at INGOs in Vietnam

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