Literacies VICKY DUCKWORTH Edge Hill University, United Kingdom GORDON ADE-OJO University of Greenwich, United Kingdom This special issue of the International journal of multidisciplinary comparative studies (IJMCS) is drawn from the papers presented at the week-long Research Workshop, run by Literacy Research and Development Centre (LRDC) at the University of Greenwich. The papers were accompa...

Admission Conditions and Graduates’ Employability We evaluate the information content of admission conditions for study programs’ quality by investigating its relationship with graduates’ employability. We find that study programs with larger numeri clausi are associated with a higher probability of finding a job. Additionally, compulsory admission exams seem to be informative about study progr...

Employers expect graduates and postgraduates to demonstrate their education through more than good grades. Learning activities that develop subject skills during formalized programmes of undergraduate and postgraduate study also develop employability skills, if the curriculum is suitably aligned, and developmental planning is supported. Only little extra provision is required, but all developme...

OBJECTIVE The aim of our study was to assess the influence of different clinical and demographic variables on quality of life (QOL) in patients with epilepsy in the Czech Republic. METHODS Outpatients with epilepsy (n=268) who visited two neurology departments between 2005 and 2006 were included. Clinical and demographic characteristics were retrieved from medical records. Quality of life was...

MCA Department, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur U.P. India 222003 Data Mining is among the most important research domains in recent a year which focuses on the aspects of real world. To get patterns and predictions on the basis of the data, data mining or classification techniques can be used. Efficiency of the educational institutes, students performance and student employability are in th...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyse how people who return to the labour market after long-term sickness absenteeism and subsequent job loss differ in employability, work ability, health, educational level, age, and gender, compared to those who do not. PARTICIPANTS The cohort consisted of 191 individuals, 20 men and 171 women, whose employment was terminated because they had not be...