ICT skills gap in Spain: before and after a decade of harmonizing the European Higher Education Area
Fecha de publicación
2019ISSN
1099-0542
Resumen
This study examines the impact that the implementation of the European Higher Education Area has had on engineers in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. Specifically, we focus on the case of Spain and compare the key professional skills most demanded by the sector in 2008 and in 2018, coinciding with a decade since its implementation. We also investigate if the skills acquired by students at the university are aligned with those demanded in the marketplace. Therefore, with this study we answer the following question: Are ICT students trained adequately? To do so we conduct an empirical study based on a representative sample of Spanish companies working in the ICT sector. Our results reveal the presence of a skill gap between employers’ expectations and the abilities that are actually acquired by students. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
Tipo de documento
Artículo
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Versión aceptada
Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
37 - Educación. Enseñanza. Formación. Tiempo libre
378 - Enseñanza superior. Universidades
62 - Ingeniería. Tecnología
Palabras clave
Espai Europeu d'Educació Superior
Tecnologies de la Informació i la Comunicació
TIC
Estudiants
Enginyeria -- Ensenyament
Inserció laboral
Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior
Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación
TIC
Estudiantes
Ingeniería -- Enseñanza
Inserción laboral
European Higher Education Area
Information and Communication Technologies
ICT
Students
Engineering -- Teaching
Job placement
Páginas
25
Publicado por
Wiley
Colección
27; 4
Publicado en
Computer Applications in Engineering Education
Citación
Llorens García, Ariadna; Prat Farran, Joana d'Arc; Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina. ICT skills gap in Spain: Before and after a decade of harmonizing the European Higher Education Area. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 2019, 27(4), p. 934-942. Disponible en: <https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cae.22132>. Fecha de acceso: 3 nov. 2021. DOI: 10.1002/cae.22132
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