Soft skills of graduates - new challenge for universities

Valiulis, Algirdas Vaclovas

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Soft skills of graduates - new challenge for universities

Details

Publication Type (CRIS)

Straipsnis konferencijos medžiagoje Web of Science duomenų bazėje / Article in conference proceedings in Web of Science database (P1a1)

Publication Type (eLABa)

Straipsnis konferencijos darbų leidinyje Web of Science DB / Article in conference proceedings Web of Science DB (P1a)

Author(s)

Author	Affiliation
Valiulis, Algirdas Vaclovas	Mechanikos ir medžiagų inžinerijos katedra / Department of Mechanical and Material Engineering (0449)

Title

Soft skills of graduates - new challenge for universities

[en]

A. V. Valiulis

Is part of

7th Baltic Region Seminar on Engineering Education : St Petersburg State Electrotechnical University Leti, St Petersburg, Russia, 4-6 September 2003 : seminar proceedings

Published In

Year	Start Page	End Page
2003	45	48

Publisher

Melbourne : UICEE, 2003

Extent

p. 45-48

URI

URI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14911/134785

Science / Art Area

Socialiniai mokslai / Social sciences (S)

Field of Science / Art

Edukologija / Education (S007)

Abstract (en)

Strong influences on the restructuring of the Lithuanian economy include rapidly increasing globalisation and internationalisation, growing international joint ventures, more small-to-medium enterprises, the service sector, etc. Traditional branches of economy are recovering slowly, but new areas, mainly in the service sector, are growing rapidly. These changes stimulate changing requirements for graduates from higher education institutions. Increasingly, concerns are being raised regarding the expertise of graduates. Dissatisfaction is often expressed due to the lack of the so-called soft skills, not due to the lack of professional knowledge. [...].