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Ability to learn, adaptability, flexibility and employability are just a few of the modern organisational concepts that reflect the new demands for the educational system. In the 1990 report of the Industrial Research and Development Advisory Committee of the Commission of the European Community (IRDAC), it was stated that skills shortages are hampering growth possibilities. Therefore, the need for adaptability to new skill requirements was stressed by this committee (IRDAC, 1990). The Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy (with the Dutch shortcut WRR) emphasises the need for intellectual mobility and flexibility to keep up with the overall changes in the labour market (WRR, 1995). And the European Commission published a report “Teaching and Learning. Towards the Learning Society” that underscores the need for lifelong investment in education and training as the main instrument to improve Europe’s competitiveness and to combat social exclusion (European Commission, 1996).
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Semeijn, J., van der Velden, R., Boone, C., Gijselaers, W., van Witteloostuijn, A. (1999). Graduates Learning Style and Labour Market Entry. In: Hommes, J., Keizer, P.K., Pettigrew, M., Troy, J. (eds) Educational Innovation in Economics and Business IV. Educational Innovation in Economics and Business, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9181-2_6
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