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Pymm, Bob, and Primoz Juznic. "The view from industry: LIS students on placement." Library Review 63, no. 8/9 (October 28, 2014): 606–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/lr-01-2014-0013.
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Purpose – This paper aims to report on the outcomes of a survey of organisations in Australia and Slovenia hosting undergraduate Library and Information Studies (LIS) students on professional placement to better understand the reasons behind organisations accepting students, the workload implications and their satisfaction with the process. Design/methodology/approach – Hosting organisations were asked to complete a survey on various aspects of the placement process. Findings – For both countries, hosts reported favourably on their experience, and virtually, all felt that while it was a real commitment of time and resources on their part, it was a responsibility they were happy to take on. There was little difference between the two cohorts, suggesting that the findings from this research may be an accurate picture of the situation for LIS placements hosts more generally. The positive view of the placement and the belief in its role in LIS education is further strengthened by this study. Research limitations/implications – The research suggests that hosting students is not seen as an onerous task, but one which brings benefits to both parties. This will be useful in promoting student placements when looking for new host opportunities. Originality/value – This study has added to the limited literature in the LIS field on the experience of host organisations. Obtaining similar results across two countries added to the reliability of the findings which will help inform those planning future student placements.
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Burdett, Jane, and Sandy Barker. "University students in the workplace strategies for successful industry placement experiences." Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal 31, no. 1 (January 3, 2017): 15–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dlo-11-2015-0090.
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Purpose Increasing numbers of university students in USA, UK and Australia are undertaking industry placements to gain workplace experience. However, outcomes are not always as expected. This paper aims to identify challenges for universities and host organizations in delivering quality student industry placement and presents strategies to achieve successful learning outcomes. Design/methodology/approach The reflections, evaluation and feedback data received from stakeholders, namely, university students, host organizations and faculty mentors in a large Australian university were used to formulate strategies. Findings Lessons learned from the authors’ experience in industry placement programs over 5 years with 180 students in 127 organizations indicate that careful planning and management of placements is needed to achieve successful learning outcomes. Research limitations/implications Further research into the application of these strategies in other universities would be valuable. Practical implications Lessons learned and recommendations offered provide strategies to assist in planning and management of industry placements. Originality/value Given the growing popularity of work experience in university programs, this should be of interest to faculty and organizations.
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Wadey, Rebecca, and Devon Shannon. "Q&A: Placements in industry." Physiology News, Autumn 2013 (September 1, 2013): 34–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.36866/pn.92.34.
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Thiruvady, Dhananjay, Kerri Morgan, Susan Bedingfield, and Asef Nazari. "Allocating Students to Industry Placements Using Integer Programming and Ant Colony Optimisation." Algorithms 14, no. 8 (July 21, 2021): 219. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/a14080219.
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The increasing demand for work-ready students has heightened the need for universities to provide work integrated learning programs to enhance and reinforce students’ learning experiences. Students benefit most when placements meet their academic requirements and graduate aspirations. Businesses and community partners are more engaged when they are allocated students that meet their industry requirements. In this paper, both an integer programming model and an ant colony optimisation heuristic are proposed, with the aim of automating the allocation of students to industry placements. The emphasis is on maximising student engagement and industry partner satisfaction. As part of the objectives, these methods incorporate diversity in industry sectors for students undertaking multiple placements, gender equity across placement providers, and the provision for partners to rank student selections. The experimental analysis is in two parts: (a) we investigate how the integer programming model performs against manual allocations and (b) the scalability of the IP model is examined. The results show that the IP model easily outperforms the previous manual allocations. Additionally, an artificial dataset is generated which has similar properties to the original data but also includes greater numbers of students and placements to test the scalability of the algorithms. The results show that integer programming is the best option for problem instances consisting of less than 3000 students. When the problem becomes larger, significantly increasing the time required for an IP solution, ant colony optimisation provides a useful alternative as it is always able to find good feasible solutions within short time-frames.
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Schuller, Annamarie, and Roberto Bergami. "Australian Managers’ Views on Teacher Industry Placements." International Journal of Interdisciplinary Organizational Studies 17, no. 1 (2021): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/2324-7649/cgp/v17i01/1-21.
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Murray, Emily, Susan McLeod, Jessica Biesiekierski, Ashley Ng, Sharon Croxford, Emma Stirling, Andrea Bramley, and Adrienne Forsyth. "Employability initiatives in undergraduate education and application to human nutrition: A scoping review." Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability 11, no. 1 (June 16, 2020): 63–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/jtlge2020vol11no1art901.
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Human nutrition is a growing field with an increasing job market and high demand for university study, yet graduates report feeling underprepared for and unaware of potential job opportunities. This scoping review aimed to identify employment initiatives used in undergraduate programs to support an evidence-based approach to the development of future initiatives for human nutrition courses. The scoping review following PRISMA-ScR criteria was initially conducted in October 2018 and updated in April 2020. Search terms were selected to identify studies that reported on employability or work-readiness embedded within the course curriculum for undergraduate students. Fourteen papers met the eligibility criteria. Papers included were from Australia (9), United Kingdom (2), United States (1), New Zealand (1) and Germany (1). Papers described initiatives fitting broad categories of placements, project-based industry collaboration, practice-based eLearning, mentoring and building graduate attributes. Placements were the most common type of initiative and project-based industry collaboration demonstrated the highest levels of student and employer satisfaction. The success of initiatives was often attributed to incorporating diverse approaches to real-world, problem-solving skills. Mentoring and eLearning were used to promote employability soft skills, while industry-based placements provided students with practical experience. Placement in specific workplace settings should be representative of the diverse job options for nutrition graduates. Human nutrition degrees should consider incorporating strategies that develop soft skills and project-based skills while exposing students to diverse workplace settings within industry.
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Murray, Emily, Susan McLeod, Jessica Biesiekierski, Ashley Ng, Sharon Croxford, Emma Stirling, Andrea Bramley, and Adrienne Forsyth. "Employability initiatives in undergraduate education and application to human nutrition: A scoping review." Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability 11, no. 1 (June 16, 2020): 63–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/jtlge2020vol11no1art921.
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Human nutrition is a growing field with an increasing job market and high demand for university study, yet graduates report feeling underprepared for and unaware of potential job opportunities. This scoping review aimed to identify employment initiatives used in undergraduate programs to support an evidence-based approach to the development of future initiatives for human nutrition courses. The scoping review following PRISMA-ScR criteria was initially conducted in October 2018 and updated in April 2020. Search terms were selected to identify studies that reported on employability or work-readiness embedded within the course curriculum for undergraduate students. Fourteen papers met the eligibility criteria. Papers included were from Australia (9), United Kingdom (2), United States (1), New Zealand (1) and Germany (1). Papers described initiatives fitting broad categories of placements, project-based industry collaboration, practice-based eLearning, mentoring and building graduate attributes. Placements were the most common type of initiative and project-based industry collaboration demonstrated the highest levels of student and employer satisfaction. The success of initiatives was often attributed to incorporating diverse approaches to real-world, problem-solving skills. Mentoring and eLearning were used to promote employability soft skills, while industry-based placements provided students with practical experience. Placement in specific workplace settings should be representative of the diverse job options for nutrition graduates. Human nutrition degrees should consider incorporating strategies that develop soft skills and project-based skills while exposing students to diverse workplace settings within industry.
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Maheswaran, S., and R. K. Jena. "Recruiters’ Preferences for B-School Campus Placement." International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management 3, no. 1 (January 2012): 21–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jabim.2012010103.
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Placement has been a vital factor for future existence of b-schools in India. B-schools are trying their best to prepare their students for getting best placements available. This study explores the preference by recruiters in the campus recruitment process in India. Again, this study will useful to both recruiters and B-schools to enhance industry-institution interface.
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Attri, Rekha, and Pooja Kushwaha. "Enablers for good placements of graduates: fitting industry’s needs." Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning 8, no. 4 (November 12, 2018): 544–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/heswbl-11-2017-0096.
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Purpose Companies are looking for certain employability attributes and personality traits while recruiting and selecting suitable candidates for their organizations and there is a mismatch in what the higher educational institutes are grooming the graduates. There is therefore a need for proactive management of career development of students. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This research involved an exploratory study on a database of 445 students enrolled and passed out from the five batches of two years business management course from 2012 to 2016 in a business school in India, to identify the parameters which led to generating good placement package for them. The impact of independent variables of live industry projects, communication skills, academic performance, classroom attendance and co-curricular activities on the placement package was studied using stepwise regression analysis. Findings The study revealed that industry projects, co-curricular activities, communication skills and academic performance were the key enablers which helped the students become industry ready and employable. Research limitations/implications This research involved the study of effect of only four independent variables- academic performance, communication skills, participation in live industry projects and co-curricular activities on the placement package received by the students. There is a scope of extending this study by considering the effect of other variables such as educational background (graduation stream, performance in that stream, scores attained in competitive exams, etc.), family background (family income, occupation of parents and their qualification, family size, etc.), geographical background (rural, urban or semi-urban) and work experience on the final placement package received by the student. Practical implications Employability depends on a multitude of factors which can be broadly put under three categories of knowledge, skills and attitude (Khare, 2014). Universities need to work right from the first year toward developing a wider range of employability skills rather than focusing only on developing generic competencies in the students. The results of regression analysis indicate that the impact of different predictors for a good placement package vary in strength and a student needs to focus on balancing all of them in order to get a good placement. Educational institutes can replicate this study to identify the overall employability of their students. Originality/value With the increase in demand from industry for work ready graduates, there is a huge pressure on educational institutes to prepare their students for the corporate world. Such studies would help the institutes in focusing on various parameters which would ultimately assist students pursuing courses in post graduate level like business management or other master courses in getting good placements.
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Abdul Razak, Roshita, Jasmine Zea Raziah Radha Rashid Radha, and Rozila Ahmad. "EXPLORING HOSPITALITY STUDENTS’ EXPECTATION FOR INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: THE CASE OF UNIVERSITI UTARA MALAYSIA STUDENTS." Journal of Event, Tourism and Hospitality Studies 2 (December 23, 2022): 177–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.32890/jeth2022.2.7.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the tourism and hospitality industry globally and the accommodation sector is amongst the hardest-hit. As for hospitality education, the internship program is part of the core component curricula for most undergraduate degrees which provide students with the opportunity to gain hands on experience within the industry. This paper provides some insights on issues and challenges faced by hospitality students in securing internship placements during the Covid-19 period. The study utilizes qualitative research methodology using in-depth interviews. The interviews are conducted through WhatsApp voice calls and video calls and WEBEX virtual meeting platform. The findings revealed problems faced by hospitality students when securing their internship placements. This paper offers some practical suggestions for the department in charge of internship placements to be more informed about the challenges faced by the students. This is vital as acknowledging the problems will help the university become more prepared when handling internship placements during the time of pandemic. More interaction between the industry and universities as well as corporate participation in internship acceptance are crucial for the benefit of all stakeholders.
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Sickinger, Ingeborg. "Student Placement Activities of UETP DANUBE." Industry and Higher Education 6, no. 1 (March 1992): 36–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095042229200600109.
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Strand B(i) of the COMETT programme covers student placements in industry in another participating state. Placements are organized by UETPs. In this article, a representative from a regional Austrian UETP describes a UETP's experience with this particular area of COMETT activity.
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Male, Sally Amanda, and Robin W. King. "Enhancing learning outcomes from industry engagement in Australian engineering education." Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability 10, no. 1 (May 3, 2019): 101–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/jtlge2019vol10no1art792.
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Industry engagement, commonly implemented as a 12 week industry placement during a vacation towards the end of the degree, has traditionally been a provider-mandated component of externally accredited professional engineering degrees in Australia. Such placements are intended to bridge knowledge and capability gaps between academic study and engineering employment and contextualise the final phase of academic study. Changes in the composition of Australia’s engineering industries have made it progressively harder to source such placements. In-curriculum exposure to engineering practice has also been expected, but has been delivered with considerable variability. In 2014 the authors completed a national project, led by the Australian Council of Engineering Deans (ACED), with peak industry bodies and several partner universities, funded from the Commonwealth Department of Industry Workplace Innovation Program, to explore how improving industry engagement could contribute further to engineering graduates’ learning outcomes and employability. The data collected from the engineering students and employers, reported in this paper, can now be regarded as baseline data on industry engagement, against which subsequent developments can be referenced. For the first time, students’ ratings of the value of different methods for industry engagement are shown to be related to their ‘authenticity’. Several industry-inspired in-curriculum interventions were also trialled at partner universities. Guidelines for good practice were developed from melding the experiential findings with theoretical perspectives. In the years since completing the project, the accreditation body, Engineers Australia, has updated and intensified its focus on engagement with practice (including changing its language from ‘exposure’ to ‘engagement’), and many engineering faculties have significantly enhanced their models and requirements for work integrated learning and industry engagement. This paper outlines these changes and examples of new implementations, including virtual and electronically-mediated methods that also reflect ongoing changes in engineering industry practice.
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Besley, Scott, Ninon Kohers, and Tanja Steigner. "Private placements of common equity and the industry rival response." Applied Financial Economics 17, no. 7 (April 2007): 559–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09603100600706741.
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Swinbourne, D. R., and M. Latham. "One-week industry placements—Organization and evaluation after 3 years." Education for Chemical Engineers 3, no. 1 (June 2008): e28-e32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ece.2007.12.003.
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Upadhayay, Lalit, and Prem Vrat. "An ANP based selective assembly approach incorporating Taguchi’s quality loss function to improve quality of placements in technical institutions." TQM Journal 28, no. 1 (January 11, 2016): 112–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tqm-06-2014-0054.
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Purpose – The performance of technical institutions in India is reflected through the level of campus placements. It is vital for them to have efficient, effective and robust placement policies. Selective assembly is a technique used in manufacturing industry in improving the quality of assemblies from relatively low-quality components. The purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology using selective assembly approach to improve the quality of placements of technical institutions in India. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a conceptual model for campus placement process by integrating Selective Assembly, Taguchi’s quality loss function (QLF) and analytic network process (ANP). The data used in the study was taken through surveys and expert opinions. In this paper, for “Selective Assembly” the terminology, “Selective Recruitment” has been used at appropriate places in the context of technical education. Findings – Selective matching of students’ skills done through ANP minimizes the total loss in terms of opportunity cost. Taguchi’s QLF concept was used to evaluate the total loss, in terms of opportunity cost, and to validate the superiority of selective assembly technique over the conventional selection process. Practical implications – The paper outlines measures that can help policy makers to successfully implement the suggested methodology to improve the quality of placements. Originality/value – The application of selective recruitment in the campus placement process is a unique feature in the area of technical education in India. The role of ANP in selective recruitment and assessment of the process through Taguchi’s QLF, illustrate the importance of integrated approach adopted in the selection process.
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Masood, S. H., and Hussain A. Khan. "Development of pallet pattern placement strategies in robotic palletisation." Assembly Automation 34, no. 2 (April 1, 2014): 151–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/aa-12-2012-092.
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Purpose – This paper presents an investigation on the development of different pattern placement strategies in robotic palletisation of box packages in the packaging industry with practical implementations for one, two, four and five block patterns with the aim of improving the operational efficiency in robotic palletisation. Design/methodology/approach – The work involves considering the gripper design and maximum number of picks and various process parameters that affect the robotic implementation of pallet patterns and develops a methodology to form different patterns for a given pallet size. Findings – The proposed methodology represents an efficient approach for pallet pattern implementation and results in reduced number of placements required for a given number of boxes per layer and reduced time for palletisation. Originality/value – The paper introduces a novel technique for pallet loading problem (PLP) considering the physical aspects and restrictions encountered when using the robot and the gripper size to generate the pattern on the pallet. Traditional solutions of PLP do not consider these aspects in pattern placements.
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Bijl, Andre J. Van der. "Integrating the World of Work Into Initial TVET Teacher Education in South Africa." Journal of Education and Research 11, no. 1 (May 18, 2021): 13–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.51474/jer.v11i1.496.
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South African Policy on Professional Qualifications for Lecturers in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (2013) provides a framework of professional qualifications for lecturers in the TVET system, which requires work-integrated learning placements in both education and industry settings. South Africa, however, does not have a convention of industry placement for vocational lecturers. This absence led the Department of Higher Education and Training, with the European Union, to co-fund a research and development project, the ‘effective delivery of the work-integrated learning (WIL) component of TVET and adult and community education and training lecturer qualification programmes’. The key output of this project was the development of a comprehensive curriculum framework for the industry-WIL component of the qualifications. This paper provides a reflective analysis of the multiple institutions, the national process through which the curriculum framework was developed and the knowledge generated through it.
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Martín García, Alicia. "Product placement as an efficient marketing tool within the media mix." Harvard Deusto Business Research 10, no. 1 (May 29, 2021): 224–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.48132/hdbr.345.
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Product placement has existed in its most primitive form since the dawn of cinema. Now, due to the saturation of conventional advertising, this technique has reached its zenith, with brands appearing in an environment without competition, as a natural element of the plot. The automotive sector has been present from the beginning and soon understood the expressive possibilities that were offered. General Motors began its journey in the film industry in 1933 following an agreement with Warner. Since then, the General Motors group has had a growing presence in the film industry, which reached its peak in Transformers (2007), an unprecedented type of product placement. It is possible to identify a clear cause-effect relationship in the company’s sales, with product placement being an efficient marketing tool within the media mix, as we will show throughout this investigation. The study begins with a historical review of brand placement in North American cinema (1933-2014), then proceeds with a content analysis, following the methodology proposed by Méndiz (2001), of advertising placement in film and a structured interview with Norm Marshall, the director and founding partner of Norm Marshall & Associates, responsible for GM’s product placements.
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de Looy, Anne, Anastasia Markaki, Sofie Joossens, Aspasia Spyridaki, and Vasiliki Chatzi. "Practice learning a prelude to work: studies by DIETS2." Nutrition & Food Science 45, no. 1 (February 9, 2015): 112–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/nfs-04-2013-0047.
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Purpose – The aim of this study is to describe placement learning opportunities for student dietitians related to future fields of work. Design/methodology/approach – An online questionnaire determined the variety and duration of pre-qualifying practice placements across Europe. Responses from members of the Thematic Network DIETS2 in Europe (n = 39) were analysed. Findings – A response rate of 61 per cent from 19 countries (39 higher education institutions or national dietetic associations) is reported. Four sub-types of placement are used by the respondents for pre-qualifying dietetic students. Placements are in public health, education and social care (28 per cent); clinical (27 per cent); catering (20 per cent) and others (25 per cent), including the food industry. Median number of weeks in the location was 12 for clinical settings; 5 for health, education and social care; 4.5 for in catering and up to 7 weeks in other locations. Research limitations/implications – If dietitians and nutritionists are to contribute fully to Health 2020 and Europe 2020 agendas for improving the health of the workforce, which is fundamental to improve productivity and lessen absenteeism, then alerting them to diverse strategies and practical implementation as seen in practice is highly important. Developing competence, brought about by engaging in a diversity of practice-based learning, would enable dietitians to meet multidisciplinary and multidimensional roles required to improve European nutritional health. Practical implications – Clear learning outcomes and competence statements are critical for guiding practice-based learning. Originality/value – The diversity of locations of placements needs to be promoted and exploited by higher education for health improvement.
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Abbott, I., R. J. Campbell, M. W. Merson, and S. R. St J. Neill. "Bridging the Historical Divide?: An Analysis of Teacher Placements in Industry." British Journal of Education & Work 9, no. 1 (January 1996): 31–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0269000960090103.
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McQueen, Daniel, Kate Day, and Ray Land. "How do we make the most of undergraduate placements in industry?" Trends in Pharmacological Sciences 20, no. 12 (December 1999): 471–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0165-6147(99)01402-9.
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Bergami, Roberto, and Annamarie Schuller. "Perceptions on Industry Placements: A Scoping Study of Academics in Australia." International Journal of Knowledge, Culture, and Change Management: Annual Review 9, no. 9 (2009): 61–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1447-9524/cgp/v09i09/49799.
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Bergami, Roberto, Annamarie Schuller, and Jason Cheok. "Perceptions on Industry Placements: An Exploratory Study of Academics in Malaysia." International Journal of Knowledge, Culture, and Change Management: Annual Review 10, no. 11 (2011): 73–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1447-9524/cgp/v10i11/50061.
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Dean, Bonnie, Michelle J. Eady, and Venkata Yanamandram. "Editorial: Advancing Non-placement Work-integrated Learning Across the Degree." Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice 17, no. 4 (October 1, 2020): 2–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.53761/1.17.4.1.
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Work-integrated learning (WIL) is on the rise as many universities adopt strategic targets for student workplace preparation as an element of their tertiary studies. Through WIL, students gain real world experiences, transferable skills and build professional networks. WIL is often understood as a placement activity, whereby students spend extended periods of time in industry, typically at the end or near end of their degree. These placements are designed to encapsulate the theoretical learning of a degree through the opportunity to apply knowledge and practise skills in a physical workplace. While there is much evidence in the higher education teaching and learning scholarship that attests to the benefits of placement-based WIL for all stakeholders, innovation in WIL that integrates work practices with learning is also occurring without time on placement or within a workplace. In recent years, WIL activity has extended beyond limited conceptions as describing only placements, to include a range of simulated, virtual, authentic and industry-based activities. The uptake of non-placement learning activities presents as opportunity to investigate the benefits, utility and innovation of this growing pedagogy to contribute meaningful insights to higher education scholarship and practice. This special issue is being published during the trials of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency. This global pandemic has shattered economies, touching every domain of life, including completely disrupting higher education. The call for papers for this special issue was conceived and advertised well before the universal lock down. There was evidence to suggest universities were exploring and experimenting with new ways of engaging with industry partners and that these models were offering extraordinary benefits to student learning and application of knowledge. The COVID-19 situation escalated these experiments, determining virtual WIL and projects or activities leveraged through technological platforms, as the fortuitous survivors. There is no doubt that WIL pedagogies and programs have been hit hard, however, this hardship for some has been described as cause for a learning revolution. For WIL research, this could be the impetus for questioning dominant modes of WIL and extending our understandings and knowledge of the impact of alternative WIL models.
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Saha, Debalina, S. Christopher Marble, Nelmaris Torres, and Annette Chandler. "Fertilizer placement affects growth and reproduction of three common weed species in pine bark–based soilless nursery substrates." Weed Science 67, no. 6 (October 7, 2019): 682–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2019.49.
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AbstractWeed management in container crops is primarily accomplished through frequent PRE herbicide applications and supplemental hand weeding. However, many ornamental species are sensitive to herbicides, and a significant number of tropical plants, ornamental grasses, and foliage crops have not been screened for herbicide tolerance. As nursery crops are produced in inert substrates that are largely composed of bark or peat, strategic fertilizer placement has the potential to significantly reduce weed growth in container-grown ornamentals. Growth and reproduction of three common container nursery weed species, eclipta [Eclipta prostrata (L.) L.], large crabgrass [Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scop.], and spotted spurge (Euphorbia maculata L.), were evaluated following fertilization via alternative methods, including subdressing or dibbling in comparison with industry standard practices of topdressing or incorporating a controlled-release fertilizer (17-5-11 [8 to 9 mo.]) to each 3.8-L container at 36.5 g per container. Fertilizer placement had little to no effect on germination of Eclipta prostrata or D. sanguinalis, but incorporation increased E. maculata germination by 77% to 183% compared with other placements or a nonfertilized control. Subdressing reduced seed production by 94%, 63%, and 92% for Eclipta prostrata, D. sanguinalis, and E. maculata, respectively, compared with the average number of seeds produced in the conventional placement methods (average of incorporation and topdressing). Dibbling fertilizer resulted in similar decreases in the case of D. sanguinalis and E. maculata, while Eclipta prostrata produced no seeds when fertilizer was dibbled. Similar to reductions observed in reproduction, subdressing fertilizer resulted in biomass decreases of 90%, 81%, and 85% compared with the average biomass of the incorporation and topdressed placements. Results suggest alternative fertilizer placements could be implemented as part of an integrated weed management program in container production to reduce weed growth.
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Walsh, Joe, Tom Walsh, Ian Timothy Heazlewood, and Mike Climtein. "Critical Reflections and Recommendations Derived from Providing Over 20,000 Hours of Practicum Industry Placements for Tertiary Students in Exercise Science, Sport and Fitness." Asian Journal of Contemporary Education 2, no. 2 (May 23, 2018): 53–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.18488/journal.137.2018.22.53.59.
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More than 30 of the 43 universities in Australia offer an exercise science and/or sport science degree programs. In the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector, more than 160 Registered Training Organisations offer Australian Government approved fitness training courses. The paper is a self-reflective exercise based upon mentoring placement students from multiple registered course providers from the VET sector fitness strand. Combined with reflection on apparently healthy general population hours for placement students from six Sydney city and one regional New South Wales based universities this represented evaluation of more than 200 students and more than 20,000 placement supervision hours. This observation was based upon student placements conducted over the previous seven years, though a significant proportion of the students surveilled were from the previous 36 months. A number of recommendations were developed that may be relevant not just for health, fitness and exercise and sport science courses, but also may be relevant to industry mentorship across a range of fields.
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McIntyre, Meredith J., Alison M. Patrick, Linda K. Jones, Michelle Newton, Helen McLachlan, Jane Morrow, and Harriet Morton. "Managing projected midwifery workforce deficits through collaborative partnerships." Australian Health Review 36, no. 1 (2012): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah11020.
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To address workforce shortages, the Australian Government funded additional nursing and midwifery places in 2009 pre-registration courses. An existing deficit in midwifery clinical placements, combined with the need to secure additional clinical placements, contributed to a serious shortfall. In response, a unique collaboration between Midwifery Academics of Victoria (MIDAC), rural and metropolitan maternity managers (RMM and MMM) groups and Department of Health (DOH) Victoria was generated, in order to overcome difficulties experienced by maternity services in meeting the increased need. This group identified the large number of different clinical assessment tools required to be being completed by midwives supervising students as problematic. It was agreed that the development of a Common Assessment Tool (CAT) for use in clinical assessment across all pre-registration midwifery courses in Victoria had the potential to reduce workload associated with student assessments and, in doing so, release additional placements within each service. The CAT was developed in 2009 and implemented in 2010. The unique collaboration involved in the development of the CAT is a blueprint for future projects. The collaboration on this project provided a range of benefits and challenges, as well as unique opportunities for further collaborations involving industry, government, regulators and the tertiary sector. What is known about this topic? In response to current and predicted workforce shortages, the Australian Government funded additional midwifery places in pre-registration midwifery courses in 2009, creating the need for additional midwifery student clinical placements. Victorian midwifery service providers experienced difficulty in the supply of the additional placements requested, due to complex influences constraining clinical placement opportunities; one of these was the array of assessment tools being used by students on clinical placements. What does this paper add? A collaborative partnership between MIDAC, RMM and MMM groups, and the DOH identified a range of problems affecting the ability of midwifery services to increase clinical placements. The workload burden attached to the wide range of clinical assessment tools required to be completed by the supervising midwife for each placement was identified as the most urgent problem requiring resolution. The collaborative partnership approach facilitated the development of a CAT capable of meeting the needs of all key stakeholders. What are the implications for managers and policy makers? Using a collaborative partnership workshop approach, the development of a clear project focus where all participants understood the outcome required was achieved. This collaboration occurred at multiple levels with support from the DOH and was key to the success of the project. The approach strengthens problem solving in situations complicated by competing influences, a common occurrence in health service delivery, and where unilateral approaches have not or are unlikely to succeed.
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Mathivanan, Dr M., and Dr P. Arivazhagan. "Impact of Covid 19 on Career Opportunities of Fresher’s–A Study with Reference to Mayiladuthurai District." Journal of Development Economics and Management Research Studies 09, no. 14 (2022): 01–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.53422/jdms.2022.91401.
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In the present employment market, campus placement holds a great experience and gift for students as well as educational institutes. While, it helps to the student community in building a strong foundation for the professional career ahead without facing the real-world job struggle, peer-competition or family pressure, a good placement record gives a competitive edge to an institution / University in their educational market. Campus placements provide the students with a foot-in- the-door opportunity, enabling them to start off their career right after they have completed their course curriculum. Furthermore, they get to interact and engage with the industry professionals during the placement drives, which further help lay a foundation for their prospective career in the future as they familiarize with potential contacts from their chosen career field. Placements have gradually become an integral part of an institute’s offerings, which was not the scenario earlier. Nowadays, students pay special attention to placement records while selecting a college or university for the admission. And it is rightly so, if a student is paying huge amount of parents’ hard-earned money as fees to the institutes/Universities, he/she has the right to calculate the ROI (return on investment), which in this case is a lucrative job. This research paper clearly identifies various influencing factors of Covid19 on employment market, employment opportunities of young graduates during pandemic period and impact of Covid19 on employment market for fresher during first wave period of Covid19 in the study area.
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Bergami, Roberto, Annamarie Schuller, and Viktor Vojtko. "Industry Placements for Czech Academics: Narrowing the Gap between Theory and Practice." International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences: Annual Review 5, no. 10 (2011): 233–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1833-1882/cgp/v05i10/51920.
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Peacock, Nicola, and Adele Ladkin. "Exploring Relationships between Higher Education and Industry." Industry and Higher Education 16, no. 6 (December 2002): 393–401. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000002101296568.
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The purpose of the research discussed here is to explore relationships between a university and its local tourism industry. Although there has been much research on the interface between education and industry few empirical studies exist that test the extent and nature of these relationships. The paper reviews the industry-education interface both in broad terms and specifically in relation to tourism education. Key areas of interaction are identified, and, using an empirical case study, various types of industry-education links are investigated, including: recruitment, employers' preferences in graduate skills, work experience and placements, industry involvement in course design, training for the tourism industry, the use by industry of university products and services, and industry's views on forging links with education. A number of recommendations are made for the improvement of industry-education links.
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Pandey, Jitendra, and Mohammed Abdul Azeem. "Novel Industry Engagement approaches for academic projects leading to internships, placements, and entrepreneurships." SHS Web of Conferences 156 (2023): 09003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202315609003.
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A popular pedagogical approach in engineering education that has been proven to be successful in building problem-solving, design, and collaborative abilities is project-based learning. Giving students freedom to choose the type and scope of the projects they want to work on has apparent advantages but doing so without professional advice or a defined plan of action can lead to confusion, frustration, and unmet expectations. Additionally, engineering schools must give their students the chance to interact with industry during their studies, which can be challenging owing to logistical and time constraints. This paper describes a case study in which undergraduate computer science and computer engineering students met with business professionals to get feedback during the last stage of project implementation. Students presented their concepts to faculty members and industry guests on campus in the form of a project poster. The success of the strategy in raising students' self-efficacy and performance is attested to by internships, employability, and evaluation results, as well as by the satisfaction of the participants. The proposed research continues with suggestions for engineering educators who want to put similar initiatives into practice as well as a brief description of the authors' future goals.
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Hodges, Lynette, and Andrew Martin. "Non-Placement WIL: The Case of an Exercise Prescription Clinic." Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice 17, no. 4 (October 1, 2020): 128–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.53761/1.17.4.10.
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Universities globally have continued to strategically increase work-integrated learning (WIL) opportunities for students to enhance graduate employability. However, meeting the needs of the increasing number of placements in industry settings places challenges on employers and academic programme coordinators. This paper examines an innovative teaching and learning initiative demonstrating non-placement WIL practice on-campus and online through an exercise prescription clinic (EPC). The benefits provided by these opportunities have not only been for student learning, but for clients, in particular those impacted by neurological and/or muscular skeletal problems. The development of the on-campus EPC has focused on key elements of good practice in WIL highlighted by Agnew, Pill and Orrell (2017). The recent Covid-19 pandemic and the related government restrictions have resulted in the on-campus EPC being flipped online, requiring adaptability and flexibility of both students and clients. This paper reinforces the importance of developing WIL experiences that enhance the learning outcomes for both the student and the client. It also highlights the transferability of authentic industry non-placement WIL clinical experiences for future health professionals to both on-campus and online settings, which enable students the opportunity to engage with a range of clients in a safe environment, enhancing both personal and professional learning outcomes.
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Foroushan, Hanieh K., Bjørnar Lund, Jan David Ytrehus, and Arild Saasen. "Cement Placement: An Overview of Fluid Displacement Techniques and Modelling." Energies 14, no. 3 (January 22, 2021): 573. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14030573.
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During drilling operations, effective displacement of fluids can provide high-quality cementing jobs, ensuring zonal isolation and strong bonding of cement with casing and formation. Poor cement placements due to incomplete mud removal can potentially lead to multiple critical operational problems and serious environmental hazards. Therefore, efficient mud removal and displacement of one fluid by another one is a crucial task that should be designed and optimized properly to guarantee the zonal isolation and integrity of the cement sheath. The present work provides an overview of the research performed on mud removal and cement placement to help the industry achieve better cementing jobs. An extensive number of investigations have been conducted in order to find some key techniques for minimizing the cement contamination and obtaining maximum displacement efficiency. Yet, even after implementing those techniques, the industry happens to encounter poor cementing jobs. The present review aims to assist with evaluating the current theories, methodologies, and practical techniques, in order to possibly identify the research gaps and facilitate the way for further improvements.
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Salvi, Archana. "A Comparative Study of Developing Managerial Skills through Management Education Among Management Graduates from Selected Institutes." ECS Transactions 107, no. 1 (April 24, 2022): 3027–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/10701.3027ecst.
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The relationship between management education and the industrial sector is evolving as the industrial sector becomes more globalized. In terms of vast facilities, a diverse staff, good placements, and industry assistance, India's top business schools have it all. Running business schools, on the other hand, is an adventure for the rest of the industry. It's difficult to turn students with less-than-stellar backgrounds into industry-savvy MBAs.There is still a gap between what industries anticipate and what academic institutes teach in these MBA programmes. This research study aims to learn about the current state of management education in terms of educational quality and the development of managerial abilities in students.
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Hayes, Melanie, and Leela Cejnar. "Evaluating Alternative Work-Integrated Learning Opportunities: Student Perceptions of Interdisciplinary Industry-Based Projects." Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice 17, no. 4 (October 1, 2020): 95–107. http://dx.doi.org/10.53761/1.17.4.7.
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Industry and Community Project Units (ICPU) are a work-integrated learning (WIL) initiative designed to provide an interdisciplinary, project-based experience for students based on real-world industry problems. With any new program, reflecting on the course delivery is essential for future quality improvement. Brookfield (2017) has suggested many student-centred approaches through which we can reflect on teaching practice, including Letters to Successors, whereby current students reflect on their experience and provide guidance for surviving and thriving the course, in a letter to future students. This study aimed to analyse the anonymous Letters to Successors penned by four separate ICPU cohorts, to understand students’ perceptions of undertaking interdisciplinary, industry-based projects. The text within the Letters to Successors was analysed adopting a thematic analysis, using a realist and inductive approach. Four key themes were identified in the letters: working with others, focusing on tasks, having fun, and the unique experience. The students were overwhelmingly positive in describing their experience and were grateful for the opportunity to participate in a unit unlike others in their degree programs. Many of the skills and behaviours the students attributed to success align with the transferable skills required to develop their employability; this demonstrates the value of this non-placement WIL initiative as an alternative for traditionally lengthy placements or internships that can be burdensome for both student and industry. Further research to expand our findings, or to alternatively explore the views of staff and industry partners, would be valuable in ongoing evaluations of interdisciplinary, industry-based projects as an alternative model of WIL.
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Bacopanos, Eleni, and Susan Edgar. "Employment patterns of Notre Dame graduate physiotherapists 2006–12: targeting areas of workforce need." Australian Health Review 40, no. 2 (2016): 188. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah14244.
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Objectives The Australian physiotherapy workforce is changing both in demographics and service needs. Physiotherapy curriculum and clinical education focus is ideally based on up-to-date knowledge of this changing workforce. The aim of the present study was to determine the employment patterns of physiotherapy graduates from The University of Notre Dame Australia (Notre Dame). Methods An online survey was conducted of Notre Dame physiotherapy graduates (2006–12) with a 50% response rate (n = 157). Results Survey results established the employment location, employment status, healthcare sector, area of practice, salary and employment history of Notre Dame graduates. The results highlighted links between curriculum, clinical placements and workforce areas, with the spread of workforce directly linked to focuses in the undergraduate curriculum. Conclusion The present study highlights the effect of directing undergraduate curriculum and clinical placement experiences towards areas of workforce need. The findings identify the importance of producing graduates equipped to meet the changing service needs of the healthcare industry. What is known about the topic? No previous studies have been conducted on the employment patterns of Notre Dame physiotherapy graduates and specifically the impact of targeting curriculum and clinical placements towards areas of workforce need. What does this paper add? Through a self-administered survey design, the present study demonstrated that Notre Dame physiotherapy graduates have increased uptake in areas targeted within the curriculum, specifically geriatrics, paediatrics and rural health. Although graduates were more attracted to the rural health setting, they were not retained. What are the implications for practitioners? The present study informs educational institutions and workforce planners on the importance of linking curriculum, clinical placements and workforce to develop a sustainable workforce adaptable to clinical settings and areas.
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Chen, Kung-Chi, Lee-Young Cheng, Sheng-Jie Huang, and Yan Zhao. "Market reactions to private equity announcements and intra-industry information spillover." Managerial Finance 42, no. 7 (July 11, 2016): 722–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mf-09-2015-0236.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine market reactions to private equity placements and intra-industry information spillover effects in the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach – The authors first use the market model to compute the abnormal announcement returns. To examine the joint impact of the private investment in public equity (PIPE) purposes and the lead investor industry, the authors regress the issuers’ cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) on the dummy variables of PIPE purposes and the lead investor industry. To study the spillover effects, the authors regress the rivals’ CARs on the issuers’ CARs, PIPE purposes, and the lead investor industry. Finally, the industry Herfindahl index is used as a proxy for the market power of issuers and rivals to examine its impact on the spillover effects. Findings – The authors find that issuing firms experience positive abnormal returns during the announcement period. Issuers enjoy more positive market reactions when the proceeds of offerings are primarily used to establish a long-term strategic alliance or to integrate business and when the lead investor is in the same industry. Furthermore, the authors show that the contagion effect dominates the competitive effect in private equity placements at the aggregate level. At the subsample level, the authors find competitive effect overpowers contagion effect when the purpose of offerings is primarily used to establish a long-term strategic alliance or to integrate business and when the lead investor is in the different industry. Finally, the authors show that rivals with relative lower market power enjoy more positive contagion effects. Originality/value – First, the analysis documents the simultaneous importance of both the purposes of private offerings and the lead investor’s industry on announcement reactions, which shed new light on the positive abnormal returns during the announcement period. Second, the study adds to the literature on the information spillover effects by analyzing the role played by purposes of offerings and rivals’ market power. This paper provides a more complete picture of the offsetting competitive and contagion effects.
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Waryszak, Robert Z. "Students’ expectations from their cooperative education placements in the hospitality industry: an international perspective." Education + Training 41, no. 1 (February 1999): 33–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00400919910255924.
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Pelden, Sonam, and Vicki Banham. "Counselling Placements Caught up in the Mismatch of Standards And Realities: Lessons From COVID-19." Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice 17, no. 4 (October 1, 2020): 144–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.53761/1.17.4.12.
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As the fear of mortality struck humanity, a new age dawned in the relational styles, processes, and interactions amongst people. COVID-19 has caused a major shift in the educational landscape. While most teaching and learning activities moved online, field placement units which are fully invested in industry engagement, and once highly sought, came to a dramatic pause. For students, this produced uncertainty around completion of their degrees and for institutions who became entangled in the changing requirements of accrediting bodies as they grappled with the changing landscape. Our final year counselling and psychotherapy students on placement were instructed to retreat from their placements while some ‘lucky few’ joined the drifting warriors working from the safety of their homes with their assigned agencies. Crisis and contemporary times call for openness and innovation grounded in practical wisdom. But the tyranny of COVID-19 times highlighted a growing gap between professional standards and community realities. This paper alludes to the struggles of counselling postgraduate University students on placement who are caught up in the mismatch between professional standards of accreditation bodies and the emerging community expectations and practices. It draws on literature to highlight the impact of historic controversial discourses involving online counselling and face-to-face counselling on current practices. This paper aims to reflect on lessons dispensed by COVID-19 to the professional bodies and universities in order to work together in creating innovative, non-placement workintegrated learning (WIL) practices that reflect the realities within the current landscape.
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Abu Seman, Rabiah Adawiah, Yee Shan Lew, and Jing Ni Tee. "Correlation Between Product Placement in Film, Purchase Intention And Brand Attitude." Jurnal Pengajian Media Malaysia 21, no. 1 (May 31, 2019): 61–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.22452/jpmm.vol21no1.5.
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Product placement has been widely used in international film industry because of its efficiency. During the past 20 years, the practice of product placement has grown appreciably which lead to most of the marketers nowadays use placements as their marketing strategy. Therefore, this research aim to analyse the effectiveness of product placement in film. Experimental design was employed by 40 respondents in UCSI University for this study which was supported by the theories of the Hidden Message and the Character-Product Interaction (CPI). Correlation between product placement in film, purchase intention and brand attitude were found significant. Brand attitude and the purchase intention after exposed to product placement have higher findings among others. Moreover, purchase intention and brand attitude of respondents both increased after being exposed towards product placement. Limitation were taken in account in terms of demographic, efficiency and extensive. Future researchers are suggested to conduct their studies with a larger sampling size, a longer duration and to conduct the study with different categories of product to provide a more accurate result for the improvement of marketers. Hence, marketers were suggested to use product placement in film in order to increase the purchase intention and positive brand attitude of audiences.Students generally have positive purchase intention and brand attitude on product placement in film no matter before or after the exposure to the selected movie Jurassic World.
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Vauterin, Johanna Julia, Lassi Linnanen, and Esa Marttila. "Customer Orientation in Higher Education: The Missing Link in International Student Recruitment?" Industry and Higher Education 25, no. 2 (April 2011): 77–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2011.0034.
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This paper suggests that the service mindset of academia needs attention to ensure that the potential of university–industry linkages for creating value is used strategically in building advantage in the increasingly competitive market for international higher education. Universities should clearly articulate the value of the higher education–employability interface in the context of growing competition for international students. The paper studies university–industry linkages by deconstructing the relationship with a focus on university–industry service interactions in international higher education service delivery and use and by analysing the relationship elements and dynamics that affect the market for international student recruitment, placements and employability. The relationship marketing paradigm is applied to explain that, by adopting a market-driven, customer-oriented mindset, universities could build strategic relationships with industry, communicate their international higher education services to industry better and more forcefully and develop competitive advantage in attracting and retaining international students.
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Arshad, A. Azman, Roseman Mat Jidin, and Mohd Firdauz Mhd Radzi. "Curriculum framework for employability readiness skills: sustainable industry engagement." Journal of Counseling and Educational Technology 3, no. 1 (March 20, 2020): 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.32698/0841.
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In spite of endeavors to expand the idea of graduate employability, there stays an overall spotlight on creating industry-pertinent employability abilities. The Work- Based Learning approach is found completely catch the multifaceted nature of graduate work-availability. This paper contends for the reclassifying of graduate employability by grasping industrial skills development and identifies with a comprehension of and association with the aptitudes, characteristics, lead, culture and belief system of an expected calling. The partnership model is attracted upon to show how WBL can be designed and created during internship by involving curriculum reform and mapping. The aim of this study is to reduce the skills gap between institution and industry by designing additional curriculum. These programmes are viewed as significant in light of the fact that they encourage students’ access to work-based learning activities in polytechnics and work-based opportunities such as placements after completed the internship.
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Schmehr, Hans-Jürgen. "Improving Innovation through Training." Industry and Higher Education 11, no. 5 (October 1997): 297–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095042229701100505.
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One of the most important issues for the future economic and social development of the European Community is its ability to harness the fruits of its research efforts for the development of innovative capability and quality in its industries. COMETT, the European Community's Programme on cooperation between universities and industry regarding training in the field of technology, has developed since its inception in 1986 with these and related issues as its focus. Essentially, it worked through three mechanisms: structured networking between universities and industry, student and graduate placements in industry as well as the exchange of personnel between universities and firms, and the setting-up of joint training projects. COMETT's message has been that advanced training and the acceleration of higher education–industry cooperation are core technology transfer mechanisms for the industrial valorisation of European R&D efforts.
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Dollinger, Mollie, and Jason Brown. "An institutional framework to guide the comparison of work-integrated learning." Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability 10, no. 1 (May 3, 2019): 88–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.21153/jtlge2019vol10no1art780.
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Work-based placements, site visits, field trips and embedded industry-informed curriculum are employability strategies frequently applied by universities, and clustered under the umbrella term – work-integrated learning (WIL). Referring to each of these strategies as WIL can complicate comparisons (e.g. long-term placements vs. field trips) and can lead WIL related research to diverge in multiple directions. To support comparison and help guide institutional decision-making relating to WIL, the positioning of this article aligns with a recent stream of literature that attempts to outline, contrast and differentiate between various activities aimed at enhancing graduate employability. Four distinct WIL case studies from three Australian universities are described in this article: (a) students working in teams with industry partners (n=23), (b) students co-creating learning resources (n=7), (c) a student-staff partnership (n=2), and (d) students acting as peer-learning advisors (n=5). The cases were considered across five key factors: 1) ease of implementation, 2) barriers, 3) scalability, 4) authenticity, and 5) proximity. Using empirical data, the findings within the article contribute an institutional framework that highlights the benefits and drawbacks associated with differences across WIL types, intended to support good WIL practice among administrators, teachers and staff.
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EISENBRAND, FRIEDRICH, STEFAN FUNKE, ANDREAS KARRENBAUER, JOACHIM REICHEL, and ELMAR SCHÖMER. "PACKING A TRUCK — NOW WITH A TWIST!" International Journal of Computational Geometry & Applications 17, no. 05 (October 2007): 505–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s021819590700246x.
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In an industry project with a German car manufacturer we are faced with the challenge of placing a maximum number of uniform rigid rectangular boxes in the interior of a car trunk. The problem is of practical importance due to a European industry norm which requires car manufacturers to state the trunk volume according to this measure. No really satisfactory automated solution for this problem has been known in the past. In spite of its NP hardness, combinatorial optimization techniques, which consider only grid-aligned placements, produce solutions which are very close to the one achievable by a human expert in several hours of tedious work. The remaining gap is mostly due to the constraints imposed by the chosen grid. In this paper we present a new approach which combines the grid-based combinatorial method with Simulated Annealing on a continuous model. This allows us to explore arbitrary orientations and placements of boxes, hence closing the gap even further, and – in some cases – even surpass the manual expert solution. The implemented software system allows our industrial partner to incorporate the trunk volume in a very early stage of the car design process without relying on a repeated and cumbersome manual evaluation of the volume.
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Phillips, Michael, and Julie Markham. "Providing an authentic experience of laboratory accreditation processes in a final year microbiology unit." Microbiology Australia 37, no. 2 (2016): 90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ma16030.
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The value of gaining industry experience during undergraduate degrees is well recognised1,2 and there is much interest currently in the concept of work-integrated learning (WIL)3,4. Industry experience equips graduates with job-ready skills, but university staff have reported that time, resources, and availability of industry places are obstacles in setting up placements for students3,5. An alternative approach is to provide a ‘real-world’ learning experience within the university. In this paper we will describe an example of an ‘authentic’ learning experience that familiarises students with the procedures involved in laboratory accreditation, and enables students to develop skills that address issues identified by employers during recruitment. These issues include lack of team work, communication, understanding how industry ‘does business’, and lack of practical experience and laboratory skills2,6. Laboratory Quality Management (LQM) is a final year unit at Western Sydney University that addresses some of these issues.
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Idirisova, Klara. "The activity of transnational corporations as a factor in the development of the processing industry." Moscow University Economics Bulletin 2020, no. 6 (December 30, 2020): 208–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.38050/013001052020611.
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The role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in ensuring the dynamic development of the processing industry is considered in the article. TNCs have a positive effect on the economy of the host countries, creating a competitive production that meets modern world standards, contributes to the development of industry and allows to move to a qualitatively new stage of development. The developing countries examples showed that the allocation of TNCs capital in processing industries can increase the degree of saturation of the domestic market with food commodities and industrial goods, create new employment placements, and produce competitive products. The conclusions show that the improvement of the overall investment climate and the implementation of a targeted policy in the field of attracting TNCs to the processing industry allow for optimal use of existing capacities and available resources.
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Murdoch, Ian J. "Developments in the Evaluation of Work-Based Learning." Industry and Higher Education 18, no. 2 (April 2004): 121–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/000000004323051895.
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UK higher education institutions are now expected to be able to demonstrate that they are adhering to the Code of Practice for the Assurance of Academic Quality and Standards in Higher Education in Placement Learning. The responsibility for ensuring that a placement provides an adequate opportunity for its intended learning outcomes rests with the educational institution. This paper draws on the author's experience of the management and evaluation of placements in the construction sector. In recognition of the increasingly global nature of the business, a placement programme has been developed to meet the particular challenges of students operating in multidisciplinary and multicultural environments. Participation in the European Commission's Leonardo da Vinci Vocational Training Programmes and pilot projects has enabled the identification of further criteria for evaluating and disseminating experience gained in work-based learning across the frontiers of language and culture. However, the paper also identifies problems peculiar to the UK market for construction professions and higher education programmes in construction-related disciplines. A study by Northumbria University highlighted challenges for both industry and higher education arising from economic pressures on students and the positioning of construction-related courses in the higher education market. Given the global nature of the construction business, it is clear that there are significant benefits to be gained from taking a global view of relevant issues.
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Yang, Hongqing. "A Triple Helix Model of Doctoral Education: A Case Study of an Industrial Doctorate." Sustainability 14, no. 17 (September 1, 2022): 10942. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su141710942.
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The knowledge economy requires a revolution in doctoral education. This article generalizes a triple helix model of doctoral education based on the existing literature. Further, it conducts a case study of a Center for Doctoral Training sponsored by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in the United Kingdom. This research adopts document and observation studies as instruments to examine the roles of university, industry, and government, and their interactions, in doctoral education. Through document and observation analyses, it finds that universities provide disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and professional training to doctoral students; industry offers research and training opportunities, research grants, and placements; and governments stimulate the cooperation between universities and industry through support policies and grants. Universities, industry, and governments benefit from these interactions, and these benefits reinforce their interactions. In the meantime, university autonomy is compromised by the involvement of industry and governments in doctoral education, although the rigor of the doctorates is not compromised because universities dominate the assessment. The curriculum, supervision, matching of research projects from industry with the research interests of doctoral students, and research outcomes, which are in the boundary spaces of the triple helix model of doctoral education, should be further developed for the development of industrial doctorates.
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Solihin, Solihin, Noer Azam Achsani, and Imam T. Saptono. "THE ISLAMIC BANKING AND THE ECONOMIC INTEGRATION IN ASEAN." Buletin Ekonomi Moneter dan Perbankan 19, no. 1 (September 30, 2016): 81–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.21098/bemp.v19i1.601.
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The efficiency level of the banking industry is the most important indicator to identify the soundness of banking system. This paper use non parametric frontier approach, DEA, to analyze the Islamic bank efficiency in ASEAN. We use price of deposit from customers, deposits and placements of banks, labor, and others operational expenditures as control variabel, and using financing, deposits and placements on other insitution, securities, others investment as output variabel. We found that the mix bank is the most efficient group within the observation period. Furthermore, the average Islamic banking efficiency in Indonesia, on intermediation approach, is lower than the average of ASEAN, unless they can reduce the cost of labor and other operational expenses. This paper also examines the determinant of efficiency of the Islamic Banking in ASEAN. Internal factors are Total Aset, ROA, BOPO, and ETA, and external faktor are Market Power and Inflation. Using Tobit regression, the result shows the factors that most influence to the Islamic banking efficiency in Indoneisa is the total size of the bank or its assets, OPEX/OR, and Market Power.