title: Student perspectives on the development and evaluation of a joint international education to promote employability in Europe.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article presents a student evaluation of a joint international education developed as part of a European project which sought to equip health care practitioners with the skills to support employability of individuals furthest removed from the labour market, disadvantaged on account of age, gender, migration or ethnicity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty eight students out of the forty one students that participated in the pilot of four modules (NL, UK, SE, DE) returned completed digital questionnaires (92.6% response rate).
  
  
  METHODS
  The study is descriptive by nature. A questionnaire was used to collect the data from students. Additionally students attending the module in the UK also took part in a series of qualitative interviews which sought to explore their experiences in more detail. These were recorded, transcribed and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students reported that joint education facilitates competence development. The competencies they identified (Information Communications Technology) were recognised as being key to enhancing employability of disadvantaged groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The joint international education exemplified by EEE4all offers one model of how to build a responsive international curriculum to ensure that the workforce of the future is well placed to meet the needs of this changing world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK. c.craig@shu.ac.uk
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Piškur
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004493:Education; D004651:Employment; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D011361:Professional Competence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires