Advice provided by financial planners has the potential to impact the financial and emotional well being of clients. Despite the outcomes of quality financial planning relationships, there is little direct evidence to support the importance of ‘relationship quality’ in financial planning....

While work-integrated learning (WIL) is seen as a way to address the call for improved employment readiness' and generic skills of graduates, it has been stated that WIL programs need to be ‘well managed and structured' and ‘well integrated.' To provide such structure and integration a...

The need to develop work ready graduates who can transfer the knowledge and skills from the lecture theatre to the workplace has become a key issue in higher education in Australia. In this regard, there has been a growing interest in work integrated learning (WIL) projects and its potential...

Success in a modern world requires more than just technical skills, with employers requiring graduates with arange of skills which can be critical for job performance and career advancement (Cohen, 1999; Tucker & McCarthy, 2001). An important graduate attribute is good communication skills (Usoff &...

The concept of financial literacy and capability is seen as important in modern economies. An important part of financial capability is a person's confidence in dealing with financial decisions. It has been argued that financial literacy should be extended to include knowledge and understanding...