Identifying and measuring capabilities for career development in NEET young people
Journal Article
Robertson, P. J. (2017)
Identifying and measuring capabilities for career development in NEET young people. Recherches sociologique et anthropologique/ Sociological and anthropological research, 47(2), 83-99
Amartya Sen's Capability Approach offers great potential as a conceptual framework for promoting social justice and well-being through economic and educational engagement. Yet...
Aspirations and progression of event management graduates: A study of career development
Journal Article
Barron, P., & Ali-Knight, J. (2017)
Aspirations and progression of event management graduates: A study of career development. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 30, 29-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2017.01.005
The provision of event management education in the higher education sector has grown significantly in recent years, yet little is known of the circumstances of the increasing ...
Lean universities.
Book Chapter
Yorkstone, S. (2016)
Lean universities. In T. Netland, & D. J. Powell (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Lean ManagementTaylor & Francis
This chapter examines lean implementation in higher education (HE) institutions. There is evidence of lean initiatives beginning in HE in the US in the early 2000s; there is a...
Assessment workshops: ‘feeding forward, backward and side-to-side’.
Digital Artefact
Urquhart, E. (2016)
Assessment workshops: ‘feeding forward, backward and side-to-side’
As practitioners, we are constantly aware of the importance of proactively feeding-forward into assessment whilst also using feedback assessments to help shape tailored suppor...
Employer demands from business graduates
Journal Article
McMurray, S., Dutton, M., McQuaid, R. W., & Richard, A. (2016)
Employer demands from business graduates. Education and Training, 58(1), (112-132). ISSN 0040-0912
This paper reports on research carried out with employers to determine demand for graduate business and management skills in the Scottish workforce.
The research found that th...
Third sector internships Scotland: final report
Report
Caddell, M., Boyle, F., Jones, H. & Mcilwhan, R. (2015)
Third sector internships Scotland: final report. Scotland: Scottish Funding Council
Third Sector Internships Scotland helped students gain paid work experience in the Third Sector. This five-year programme, part of the Scottish Funding Council’s Learning to W...
Exploring entrepreneurship and organizational culture in a higher education context
Thesis
Logie, S. J. Exploring entrepreneurship and organizational culture in a higher education context. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8848
The United Kingdom Higher Education sector is undergoing a prolonged period of turbulence in its external environments. This is causing universities to seek to develop entrepr...
Cultural due diligence: an investigation into its significance in tertiary education mergers in Scotland
Thesis
Steen, C. J. Cultural due diligence: an investigation into its significance in tertiary education mergers in Scotland. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/8854
Mergers are a fact of life in the private sector and are increasingly becoming a factor in the public sector. Organisations seek to merge in order to survive or grow by accrui...
Third Sector Internships Scotland Data Overview 2010-14
Report
Caddell, M., Pegg, A. & Jones, H. (2013)
Third Sector Internships Scotland Data Overview 2010-14. Scotland: Scottish Funding Council
No abstract available.
Higher Education Institution branding as a component of country branding in Ghana: Renaming Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Journal Article
Williams Jr, R., Osei, C., & Omar, M. (2012)
Higher Education Institution branding as a component of country branding in Ghana: Renaming Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 22(1), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841241.2012.705795
As Higher Education Institutions (HEI) become more marketized and increasingly promotionalized, brand building gains in intensity and names become increasingly important. Thi...