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Using Skills Profiling to Enable Badges and Micro-Credentials to be Incorporated into Higher Education Courses

Rupert Ward Orcid Logo, Tom Crick Orcid Logo, James H. Davenport Orcid Logo, Paul Hanna Orcid Logo, Alan Hayes Orcid Logo, Alastair Irons Orcid Logo, Keith Miller Orcid Logo, Faron Moller Orcid Logo, Tom Prickett Orcid Logo, Julie Walters Orcid Logo

Journal of Interactive Media in Education, Volume: 2023, Issue: 1

Swansea University Authors: Tom Crick Orcid Logo, Faron Moller Orcid Logo

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Employers are increasingly selecting and developing employees based on skills rather than qualifications. Governments now have a growing focus on skilling, reskilling and upskilling the workforce through skills-based development rather than qualifications as a way of improving productivity. Both the...

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Published: Ubiquity Press, Ltd. 2023
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