Obstacles in the Recruitment of Fundamental Sciences Students: A Different Perspective

Obstacles in the Recruitment of Fundamental Sciences Students: A Different Perspective

This paper focuses on the challenges of fundamental sciences departments in student recruitment by taking the employability agenda (particularly skills development) into consideration. In addition, this paper also exemplifies the similar cases from such countries as India and the UK. As a result, on...

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Main Author: Mehmet ŞEREMET
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bülent Ecevit University 2015-09-01
Series:Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi
Subjects:
Higher education
Life sciences
Student recruitment
Employability
Online Access:http://higheredu-sci.beun.edu.tr/pdf.php3?id=1676
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spelling doaj-b50432caf912467ebbc5dab224ee06f92020-11-24T22:16:38ZengBülent Ecevit UniversityYükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi2146-59592146-59672015-09-015221421810.5961/jhes.2015.124Obstacles in the Recruitment of Fundamental Sciences Students: A Different PerspectiveMehmet ŞEREMET0Yüzüncü Yıl University, Department of Maritime Transportation and Management Engineering, Van, TurkeyThis paper focuses on the challenges of fundamental sciences departments in student recruitment by taking the employability agenda (particularly skills development) into consideration. In addition, this paper also exemplifies the similar cases from such countries as India and the UK. As a result, one of the main advantages owing the disciplines is to have healthy student-staff ratio. Said that, two main drawbacks are also available for the programmes; a high number of unemployed graduate students and non-employability-saturated curricula. Eventually, this paper brings a set of suggestions which might help the departments to sustain a healthy student intake in the near future.http://higheredu-sci.beun.edu.tr/pdf.php3?id=1676Higher educationLife sciencesStudent recruitmentEmployability
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Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi
Higher education
Life sciences
Student recruitment
Employability
author_facet Mehmet ŞEREMET
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title Obstacles in the Recruitment of Fundamental Sciences Students: A Different Perspective
title_short Obstacles in the Recruitment of Fundamental Sciences Students: A Different Perspective
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title_fullStr Obstacles in the Recruitment of Fundamental Sciences Students: A Different Perspective
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title_sort obstacles in the recruitment of fundamental sciences students: a different perspective
publisher Bülent Ecevit University
series Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi
issn 2146-5959
2146-5967
publishDate 2015-09-01
description This paper focuses on the challenges of fundamental sciences departments in student recruitment by taking the employability agenda (particularly skills development) into consideration. In addition, this paper also exemplifies the similar cases from such countries as India and the UK. As a result, one of the main advantages owing the disciplines is to have healthy student-staff ratio. Said that, two main drawbacks are also available for the programmes; a high number of unemployed graduate students and non-employability-saturated curricula. Eventually, this paper brings a set of suggestions which might help the departments to sustain a healthy student intake in the near future.
topic Higher education
Life sciences
Student recruitment
Employability
url http://higheredu-sci.beun.edu.tr/pdf.php3?id=1676
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