Education + Training
Journal call for papers from Education + Training
Papers are now being sought for inclusion in the journal. Education + Training focuses on the complex relationship between education and training, addresses vocationalism in learning and highlights the changing nature of the partnership between the worlds of work and education. The journal gives specific consideration to the role of young people in the labour market, looking at how the transition from school/college to employment unfolds.
Articles on a wide range of topics within the themes identified above are welcome. The following list is intended to be illustrative, not prescriptive:
- Post 16 vocational education and training, including apprenticeships
- Managing the transition from school/college to work
- Education and Industry partnership and collaboration
- Young person employability and career development
- Work experience; placements, etc.
- Curriculum innovations in the context of employability
- "Enterprise" education and training
- The graduate labour market
- The recruitment, induction and training of school leavers and graduates
- VET and the Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SME).
The editor is happy to receive queries or submissions to the journal email address at e&t@emeraldinsight.com. As a guide articles should be between 3,000 and 6,000 words in length. It is the journal's intention to strike a sound balance between theory and practice. Research, critical reflection on practice, policy development and case study papers are all welcome. The editor would be particularly interested to receive articles/case studies which reflect collaborative activities and initiatives and which are co-authored by an academic and a professional practitioner. The journal is also particularly keen to encourage reflections from practitioners on their practice in any of the areas identified above.
Indicative Recent Articles
"Modern Apprenticeships: hitting the target?"
"Entrepreneurship education: can business schools meet the challenge?"
"Towards full participation in management consulting practice: experience of recent college graduates"
"Developing thoughtful students: using learning styles in an HE context"
"E-learning and retention: key factors influencing student withdrawal"
"Towards a shared understanding of skill shortages: differing perceptions of training and development"
"What is enterprise education: an analysis of the objectives and methods of enterprise education programmes in four European countries"
"Developing knowledge and skills in engineers: a learning laboratory"
(case study)
"The value of tourism degrees: a Luton-based case study"
(case study)