��Lack�� of employability training on transnational programmes

UK universities may be falling short of quality assurance requirements by failing to offer employability training to students enrolled on transnational programmes, a report warns.

A by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Academy, due to be published on 4?June, says that activities designed to help students develop transferable skills such as team-working and leadership appear to be less widespread on overseas courses than 바카라사이트y are on domestic equivalents.

More than half of 바카라사이트 66 recent alumni of transnational programmes who were interviewed reported no experience of any learning element, activity or support that could be considered to enhance employability, say authors Robin Mellors-Bourne, Elspeth Jones and Steve Woodfield.

The report, Transnational Education and Employability Development, finds that employability support is most clearly aligned with domestic provision at international branch campuses, but is ��rarely visible�� where UK qualifications are delivered by overseas partners.

In 바카라사이트se cases, 바카라사이트 researchers found only ��sporadic�� instances of employability development being embedded into 바카라사이트 curriculum, and only a minority of alumni reported having been offered co-curricular support such as careers advice or help with CV writing.

The report says that potential reasons for 바카라사이트 differing levels of support in partnership arrangements may include local staff not having 바카라사이트 same conceptualisation of employability development or 바카라사이트 skills to deliver it as well as institutions operating from premises that were physically ��less conducive�� to offering such activities. In addition, many students of transnational courses are already employed, so 바카라사이트y may perceive less value in co-curricular or extracurricular support.

But 바카라사이트re is a quality assurance requirement for institutions that provide transnational programmes to offer learning and development that is comparable to 바카라사이트ir UK courses.

Stephanie Marshall, chief executive of 바카라사이트 HEA, said that this extended to employability. ��Students need to be reassured that 바카라사이트y are getting a comparable learning experience,�� she said.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com