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What Spanish ICT employers want: before and a decade after the introduction of the EHEA
- Source :
- European Journal of Engineering Education. 48:407-421
- Publication Year :
- 2023
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2023.
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Abstract
- This paper analyses the effect that the fulfilment of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has got among engineers in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector. The focus is on Spain, and the comparison of the technical and managerial knowledge and skills most demanded by the sector in 2008 and 2018, coinciding with the first decade of the EHEA. The study also examines whether the professional skills acquired by university students are consistent with those required in the job market. The following question is answered: Are ICT students adequately trained a decade after the introduction of the EHEA? An empirical study was carried out on the basis of a cross-section of Spanish ICT sector enterprises. The results reveal a gap between employer expectations and the skills acquired by students. Policy and practice performance is also discussed
- Subjects :
- Education, Higher
Technical education
General Engineering
Ensenyament tècnic
Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari::Espai Europeu d'Educació Superior [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
Curriculum design
Engineering education
Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Metodologies docents [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
Management
Education
ICT
Ensenyament universitari
EHEA
Employability
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14695898 and 03043797
- Volume :
- 48
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Journal of Engineering Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c49f1ebfeca26c6f72ded2d751753e28