ESD-WIL18: Employability Skills Development Through Work - Integrated Learning United States International University in Africa (USIU-AFRICA Nairobi, Kenya, November 21-23, 2018 |
Conference website | http://www.conference.crescoskills.com/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esdwil18 |
Poster | download |
Abstract registration deadline | November 5, 2018 |
Submission deadline | November 5, 2018 |
This a two day conference aimed at exploring strategies, mechanisms and sharing experiences with other stakeholders in Africa on how to engage students, practitioners and industry in research, innovation and work integrated earning (WIL). Despite the breath of work integrated learning, there relative agreement regarding the capabilities being enhanced throughb student participation in this form of learning and opportunities to assist them achieve the desired outcomes in the workplace. Employers are desirous of graduates who capable of managing real life business problems. The theme of the conference is "transforming institutional arrangements for research, innovation and work-based learning" is designed for practitioners, industry and researchers interested in employability and and skills development in Africa to leverage the developments in work integrated learning.This conference will bring about a shared understanding that can contribute to to a common dialogue and language across academia (Universities and Tertiary institutions), industry and student. Participants will benefit from an international perspective and meaningful insights of leading experts and fellow delegates from the Africa region and the rest of the world.
Submission Guidelines
The conference will consist of key note speeches by invited guests, case studies , experience papers and theoretical papers related to work integrated learning. The outcome of the conference will be a policy brief for government policy makers in order to chart a way forward for the graduates employability and skills development for sustainable development.
Full refereed papers should provide detailed description of appropriate literature, methodologies, and analytical methods, demonstrating a thorough and rigorous analysis of current issues in work-integrated learning, leading to well-argued conclusions.
Submission
Papers should be no more than 2,500 words (excluding abstract and references) in length. Papers must be submitted using the WIL 2018 guidelines. Submissions which do not follow these guidelines will be returned to authors.
Full papers for review, including abstract, will be accepted until 5th November 2018 ( midnight East Africa Time).
A suggested structure for full refereed paper will include:
- Title
- Author(s)
- Affiliation
- Keywords (3-5)
- Abstract
- Background, including reference to appropriate literature
- Research aims and intent
- Methods / approach
- Results / discussion
- Conclusions / Implications
- References, using APA 6th Edition
Review/
Full papers will be blind peer reviewed by reviewers selected by the Conference Program Technical Committee. Peer review is a reciprocal process, therefore submission of a paper means that you may be requested to review other submissions. The program committee will support reviewers through this process with resources and other assistance as needed. Full paper submissions will be reviewed against the extent to which they meet the following criteria:
- alignment with a conference sub-themes
- originality of the research
- quality / rigour (e.g. research method and/or literature review)
- contribution to the scholarship of co-operative education and WIL
- a good academic standard of writing and presentation
Presentation
Full papers will be allocated 20 minutes presentation time, and an additional 10 minutes for questions and discussion.
Publication
All papers accepted in this category will be published in the Conference Proceedings that will be made available to all conference participants and online through the WIL 2018 website.
Best paper
All papers accepted for the conference program will be eligible for consideration for an award of ‘best conference paper’.
List of Topics
- Topic 1. Research and innovation in work integrated learning
- Topic 2. Governance of work integrated learning
- Topic 3. Quality assurance and assesment of work integrated learning
- Topic 4. Graduate employability outcome
- Topic 5. Curricullum design and development for work integrated learning
- Topic 6. Role of private sector employers in Assesment
- Topic 7. Policy reforms
- Topic 8. Role of private sector and government departments in promoting work integrated learning
- Topic 9. WIL and enterpreneur education.
- Topic 10. Fostering University- industry linkages in WIL.
- Topic 11. Graduate training and mentorship
- Topic 12. Graduate employability and Skills mismatch.
Submission and publications
Conference papers should be submitted as a single file to easy chair via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esdwil18
Organizing committe
- Dipti Patel
- Munyae Mulinge
- Ddembe Wiliams
- Sindiswa Kaula
- Uvyu Mbole
- Beatrice Amollo
Publication
ESD-WIL18 proceedings will be published in the epic series of the EasyChair
We shall explore with EasyChair the possibility of publishing conference proceedings.
Venue
The conference will be held at USIU (http://www.usiu.ac.ke/),Kasarani Area (off Thika Highway) Nairobi, Kenya.
Cost
Conference Costs will be as follows: Student: 150 USD
Early Bird: 250 USD
Late Registration: 350 USD
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to:
Dipti Fernandes dipti.fernandes@gmail.com
Ddembe Williams ddembe.williams@gmail.com