Stakeholder Attitudes towards Employability in a Sino-British University

Autor/inn/en	Speight, Sarah; Lackovic, Natasa; Cooker, Lucy
Titel	Stakeholder Attitudes towards Employability in a Sino-British University
Quelle	In: Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 3 (2012) 1, S.26-40 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1838-3815
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Stakeholders; Attitudes; Employment Qualifications; Job Skills; Program Effectiveness; Teacher Attitudes; Student Attitudes; College Faculty; College Students; Cultural Differences; Higher Education; International Cooperation; Extracurricular Activities; United Kingdom; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Produktive Fertigkeit; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Kultureller Unterschied; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Großbritannien
Abstract	In 2004 the University of Nottingham opened its branch campus, the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC). Degree-awarding powers for UNNC remain with the UK, but there is recognition that Nottingham must understand the specific context of its Chinese branch; provision therefore operates according to the principal of equivalence rather than of replication. This paper explores stakeholder attitudes towards the University?s Nottingham Advantage Award. This is an extra-curricular programme designed to support students in the development of their "employability?. Launched in the UK in 2008, it was piloted at UNNC in 2010-11 and has now completed its first full year of operation. Twenty-three interviews were conducted with staff and students at UNNC. These were analysed alongside interviews carried out in the UK and with reference to the research literature. This provided an understanding of the role of the Award overall and in the UNNC context. The study shows that while stakeholders hold broadly similar views in the UK and China, there are subtle differences of emphasis concerning the understanding of, and responsibility for, learning for employability. In addition, a group of China-specific themes emerged from the UNNC interviews that indicated recognition of the need to differentiate priorities and provision for each site. The paper concludes that the challenge for the Award at UNNC is to serve both global and local agendas and that it should strive to reduce the "information asymmetry? existing between stakeholders to promote effective graduate employability. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability. Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3125. Web site: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/jtlge/
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Update	2020/1/01