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Career guidance and active labour market policies in the Republic of Armenia

Published in International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

This article provides an account of current public policy for career guidance in the Republic of Armenia. Brief background information is provided in terms of key geographical, political, social and economic facts about Armenia. Then, a more specific context is outlined with a brief overview of the education and skills system and of the labour mark...

UNDERSTANDING triggering skills for ENTREPRENEURS: The case of ESIC

Published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change

The aim of this paper is to present the methodology and results of a study on the role played by an institution in higher education, the ESIC Business & Marketing School, in teaching different master's degree programmes to examine whether they respond to the demands of potential entrepreneurs who are seeking to acquire the tools and develop the ski...

The NHS Digital Academy – learning from the past to look ahead

Published in Future Healthcare Journal

As the NHS Digital Academy programme opens it virtual doors to cohort three, it is a useful moment to reflect on its purpose and learnings, chart its journey from inception and look at future opportunities. Since the launch of the academy, additional contextual factors have surfaced including The NHS Long Term Plan , The Topol Review and lately a g...

A review of virtual reality simulators for neuroendoscopy.

Published in Neurosurgical review

Neurosurgery is a challenging surgical specialty that demands many technical and cognitive skills. The traditional surgical training approach of having a trainee coached in the operating room by the faculty is time-consuming, costly, and involves patient risk factors. Simulation-based training methods are suitable to impart the surgical skills outs...

The building blocks of social competence: Contributions of the Consortium of Individual Development.

Published in Developmental cognitive neuroscience

Social competence refers to the ability to engage in meaningful interactions with others. It is a crucial skill potentially malleable to interventions. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to select which children, which periods in a child's life, and which underlying skills form optimal targets for interventions. Development of social competence is ...

La transmission des savoirs en entreprise du paysage : une réponse à la pénurie de main d'oeuvre qualifiée ?

Comment répondre à son carnet de commandes face à une pénurie de main d’oeuvre qualifiée ? Cette interrogation fréquente inquiète bon nombre d’entreprises du paysage. La qualité de travail passant par les salariés, le capital humain doit être au coeur des préoccupations de ces entreprises. Il est donc indispensable de déterminer les causes de cette...

Technology-related knowledge, skills, and attitudes of pre- and in-service teachers: The current situation and emerging ...

Published in Computers in Human Behavior

• Review of teachers' technology related knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSA). • Three areas: specification, assessment, and ways of fostering. • Explanation of contribution of the eight articles in the special issue. • Outlook on KSA changes due to technological developments: artificial intelligence.