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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Otermans, PCJ | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Aditya, D | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Pereira, M | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-23T14:33:33Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2023-02-12 | - |
| dc.date.available | 2023-08-23T14:33:33Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-06-28 | - |
| dc.identifier | ORCiD: Pauldy Otermans https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8495-348X; Monica Pereira https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2583-4522 | - |
| dc.identifier.citation | Otermans, P., Aditya, D. and Pereira, M. (2023) ‘A Study Exploring Soft Skills in Higher Education’ in Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. Vol. 14 (1), pp. 136 - 153. https://doi.org/10.21153/jtlge2023vol14no1art1665. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27037 | - |
| dc.description.abstract | There is a need for improved skills development within the UK's Higher Education Institutions (HEI) stemming from the disconnect between the expectations of employers of the skills graduates have and the skills graduates have gained during their degree. It is well-known now that there is a clear skills gap. The present study aims to explore the effect of graduates and students' perception of skills development in HEI in the UK. A total of 420 participants completed an online survey to explore their perception as well as their confidence of skills development by rating each skill on a Likert scale. The paper discusses the results in light of pedagogical strategies developed to teach soft skills in HE. The paper concludes with recommendations for teaching practice. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 136 - 153 | - |
| dc.publisher | Deakin University | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright JTLGE is an academic journal and is dedicated to the open exchange of information. For this reason, JTLGE is freely available to individuals and institutions for non-commercial purposes. Copyright in the article is vested in the author(s) with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License (CC BY-NC 4.0), that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal, but not use the material for commercial purposes. It is the author's responsibility to ensure that any submitted and published article confirms to standard professional practices regarding the citing of already published work. That is, all cited material is properly attributed and referenced appropriately. With regard to third-party copyright material, such as images, on acceptance of articles the author will be required to sign a document confirming they have obtained the necessary permission or clearance in writing to reproduce that third-party material in their articles. The application for, and acquisition of, an ISSN by the JTLGE means that the National Library of Australia will be granted a copyright licence (i.e. permission) to make and store a copy of the publication as it appears on the JTLGE web site. Authors submitting work to JTLGE need to be aware of this and agree to their work being archived by the National Library of Australia. The benefit of this is that the publication is preserved and made accessible to the public via the Internet now and in perpetuity. | - |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | - |
| dc.subject | Employability | en_US |
| dc.subject | confidence | en_US |
| dc.subject | soft skills | en_US |
| dc.subject | Higher Education | en_US |
| dc.subject | graduates | en_US |
| dc.subject | skills development | en_US |
| dc.title | A Study Exploring Soft Skills in Higher Education | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/jtlge2023vol14no1art1665 | - |
| dc.relation.isPartOf | Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability | - |
| pubs.issue | 1 | - |
| pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
| pubs.volume | 14 | - |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1838-3815 | - |
| Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers | |
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