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How professional digital ePortfolios can enhance employability and professional identity

SRHE

This is relevant in a climate where graduates compete for jobs, and degree programmes are perceived as a ‘product’ with an emphasis on value for money with students as customers (Modell, 2005). As pressure mounts for universities to compete for student recruitment, action is needed to improve graduate employability metrics.

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President’s corner: How Rob Vischer balances growth with century-old values at University of St. Thomas

University Business

One of his most essential objectives heading into this academic year is helping to expand the university’s recruitment and impact while maintaining its core Catholic values, which he considers essential to its success. ” Room for improvement Vischer cherished his time as a student-facing academic at St. ” How can St.