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Supporting sustainable careers and preparedness for job automation

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Yet, it is not always clear for students how they can contribute to society and sustainable development ( e.g., the 17 SDGs ) through their future careers. Aspiring to work in a socially impactful industry or company may come into conflict with an individual’s personal career priorities.

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Creating resilience through diversity, experimentation and pragmatism

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Audiences can be wayward and fickle, critics can instil terror, the manual labour involved can be protracted and arduous, the use of emergent technology can engender a fear of not being quite current enough, and the perceived value of the creative industries at a governmental and societal level is often contested. May 24, 2018

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Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs

University Business

The question is how to measure and quantify—and ultimately justify and act upon—the value of non-STEM majors to students, employers, and the governments that fund much of higher education. Student perspectives can help change that. Supply chain’ visibility. But youthful trends can turn into multibillion-dollar markets.

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Approaching coaching: Should schools be providing psychological coaching to improve student well-being?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Coaching is used widely in industry for companies to get the most out of their employees. Ben’s research expertise is in social media and has published in using technology as a support mechanism. Ben Marder Ben is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Edinburgh Business school.

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New evidence on the challenges and consequences of precarious work for university students

SRHE

Mooney (2016), for example, criticizes the fact that hospitality management takes a ‘dispassionate’ attitude toward casually employed students, failing retention. UK research further highlights sexist and discriminatory attitudes in the industry ( Ineson et al , 2013 ; Maxwell and Broadbridge, 2014 ).