Lifelong learning has been associated with many benefits, from supporting work and careers to improving health and well being and increasing community engagement. Its importance is growing as longer life expectancy combines with a rapidly changing economy and society. However, participation in learning has fallen substantially since 2010 with…

Understanding what constitutes learning across working life and how negotiating worklife transitions can be best supported has never been more important for working age adults, their workplaces and communities. The kinds and frequencies of changes in occupational and workplace requirements have consequences for personal goals, workplace viability…

Internships are a distinct learning context, given that interns possess a blurred role status between student and employee. The distinctiveness of an internship, as a learning context requires investigation of which individual-level factors predict learning during internships and subsequently, how this learning impacts the acquisition of relevant…

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore Master of Social Services students' (MSS) thoughts of transversal skills in higher education studies and working life practice. Transversal skills are general skills that are transferable from field to field. For instance, transversal skills can promote individuals' employability in the labor market…

In 2022, Maryland implemented a new initiative focused on removing degree requirements from state positions. This initiative opened over 19,000 jobs to more than 1.3 million individuals Skilled Through Alternative Routes (STARs)--such as community college, workforce training, or on-the-job experience--rather than through a bachelor's degree in the…

This article investigated the learning experiences of students who obtained certificates from a TVET institution in Uganda (referred to in the article as graduates). Qualitative data collected through in-depth interviews and observation from 12 purposively selected participants was analysed thematically. Findings show that graduates acquire…