TY - BOOK AU - Bennett, Neville AU - Dunne, Elisabeth ; Carr, Clive TI - Skills development in higher education and employment SN - 335203353 AV - LB 1027.47 .B46 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Buckingham PB - Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press KW - BUSINESS AND EDUCATION N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Generic Skills in the Learning Society -- 2. A Conceptualization of Skills and Course Provision -- 3. Beliefs and Conceptions of Teachers in Higher Education -- 4. The Practices of University Teachers -- 5. Student Perceptions of Skills Development -- 6. Employer Initiatives in Higher Education -- 7. Employers' Perspectives on Skills and their Development -- 8. The Graduate Experience of Work -- 9. The Challenges of Implementing Generic Skills N2 - The study reported in this book sets out to gain enhanced understandings of skill acquisition in higher education and employment settings with the aim of informing and improving provision. The findings and analyses provide a clear conceptualization of core and generic skills, and models of good practice in their delivery, derived from initiatives by employers and staff in higher education ER -