Looks at the selection criteria for vocational courses from the viewpoint of graduate employers. Asks the question: to what extent can the selection criteria for vocational degree courses reflect those qualities which are sought by subsequent employers of the graduate trainees? Questions...

Centres on the selection of undergraduates for hotel and catering management (HCM) courses in the UK. Semi‐structured, face‐to‐face in‐depth interviews ( N = 25) were conducted with HCM tutors in 16 UK institutions to identify the source, nature and ways of measurement of the qualities...