Employability In Context

Author : Michael Tomlinson,Leonard Holmes
Publisher : Springer
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137571687

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Graduate Employability in Context by Michael Tomlinson,Leonard Holmes Pdf

This book explores the highly significant and contested area of graduate employability and employment which is paid so much attention by those in the media and policy-makers. This is driven largely by concerns over the wider economic impact and value of graduates as increasing numbers complete their studies in higher education. At a time when graduates are seen as key to economic success, the critical question remains as to how their employability plays out in a changing labour market. This book brings together innovative approaches and research to present an extensive survey of the field. It provides insight on what is a complex and often elusive social and economic problem, ranging from how graduate employability is constructed as an economic and policy agenda to explorations of how graduates manage the transition from higher education to paid employment and finally to suggest future directions for curricula, policy and research.

Author : Päivi Siivonen,Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret,Michael Tomlinson,Maija Korhonen,Nina Haltia
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031206535

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Rethinking Graduate Employability in Context by Päivi Siivonen,Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret,Michael Tomlinson,Maija Korhonen,Nina Haltia Pdf

This open access book offers critical, multidisciplinary analyses on graduate employability. The book examines employability at the macro, meso and micro levels: higher education policy, the labour market, higher education institutions, organisations, individuals and social groups, in European, North American and Australian contexts. The contributors provide social and contextual analysis of graduate employability as a theoretical concept, a discourse and policy imperative and a social and discursive practice. The volume also introduces novel methodological perspectives to study the process of graduate employability. There is an urgent need for comprehensive and unified critical perspectives on graduate employability, as such analyses have so far been scarce and often isolated. Besides filling this gap in the literature, the book will also serve as essential reading on courses that focus on graduate careers and employability as well as higher education policy and practice.

Author : Ly Thi Tran,Nga Thi Hang Ngo,Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen,Truc Thi Thanh Le
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783031041440

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Employability in Context by Ly Thi Tran,Nga Thi Hang Ngo,Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen,Truc Thi Thanh Le Pdf

This book explores the issue of graduate employability in regional Vietnam. It provides a critical discussion of not only the demands of the labour market but also the practices and challenges in the development of graduate employability and career capacity building at the national, institutional and individual levels. It discusses graduate employability in Vietnam by analysing government and institutional policies and taking into account the perspectives and experiences of three key stakeholders: employers, graduates and universities. The book highlights the development of ‘employability in context’ for graduates in regional Vietnam to be able to adapt to the specific social, cultural and demographic conditions of the region and tackle new employment challenges.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : OCLC:1066675463

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Graduate Employability in Context by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ciaran Burke,Fiona Christie
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351401234

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Graduate Careers in Context by Ciaran Burke,Fiona Christie Pdf

In a world where there are increasing concerns about graduate underemployment and likely career trajectories, it is not surprising that there is a significant body of literature examining graduate careers in post-industrial societies. However, it has become increasingly evident in recent years that there is a stark disconnect between academics who research employment and education, and careers and employability professionals. Graduate Careers in Context brings these two separate groups together for the first time in order to provide a better understanding of graduate careers. The book addresses the problems surrounding the graduate labour market and its relationship to higher education and public policy. Drawing on varied perspectives, the contributors provide a comprehensive examination of issues such as geography, mobility and employability, before presenting and discussing the benefits of future collaboration between practitioners and academic researchers. The interdisciplinary focus of this book will make it of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the areas of education, sociology, social policy, business studies and career guidance and coaching. It should also be essential reading for practitioners who wish to consider their role and responsibilities within the changing higher education market.

Author : Joy Higgs,Will Letts,Geoffrey Crisp
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004418707

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Education for Employability (Volume 2) by Joy Higgs,Will Letts,Geoffrey Crisp Pdf

In Education for Employability (Volume 2): Learning for Future Possibilities we continue on from the big agenda discussions of Education for Employability (Volume 1): The Employability Agenda to explore education for employ-ability in a variety of spaces: in the context of higher education as an entrance into the workforce, in joining communities of practice and in the lifelong pursuit of employability – preparing people for a portfolio of careers rather than a job-for-life.

Author : LEONARD, PAULINE,Wilde, Rachel
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781529202304

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Getting in and getting on in the youth labour market by LEONARD, PAULINE,Wilde, Rachel Pdf

Based on up-to-date qualitative and ethnographic research, this book examines youth education-to-work transitions in the UK. Using the theoretical lens of a Foucauldian governmentality approach, the authors consider the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of youth employability training and demonstrate how different employability schemes planned and operationalised in diverse geographical and economic landscapes work in practice. The book examines and compares a range of employment entry route programmes and reveals the tension between employability and good quality employment, and the ways in which young people from varying social and regional backgrounds are positioned very differently within this.

Author : Robert Coelen,Cate Gribble
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351254861

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Internationalization and Employability in Higher Education by Robert Coelen,Cate Gribble Pdf

Providing an analysis of the relationship between Internationalization and Employability in Higher Education, this book considers the perspectives of both students and employers to illustrate how to reach positive employment outcomes for all stakeholders. Through a wide range of international case studies, this book delivers some key messages, including: The articulation of the link between internationalization and employability; The need for higher education institutions to communicate the benefits of an internationalized higher education beyond the academy; The need to ensure equity of graduate outcomes through enhanced internationalization at home; The impact of immigration policy on national benefits of internationalization of higher education; International study as a route to employability for migration purposes and building knowledge-based economies. Considering the skills developed by students through mobility experiences, while exploring the need for enhanced internationalization of the curriculum at home, Internationalization and Employability in Higher Education will be a key resource for any higher education policy makers or university staff associated with careers, employment, and integrated learning. It contains important messages for employers and recruiters.

Author : Tran Le Huu Nghia,Binh Chi Bui,Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh,Vinh N. Lu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811939594

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Graduate Employability Across Contexts by Tran Le Huu Nghia,Binh Chi Bui,Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh,Vinh N. Lu Pdf

This book explores stakeholders’ perspectives, their practices, and engagement with enacting the employability agenda in the context of a rapidly changing world. It explains the need for developing graduate employability under socioeconomic, cultural, and political pressure exposed to the higher education sector. Largely framed within Bourdieu’s concepts of social field, habitus, and capital, it explores international stakeholders’ perspectives and experiences with graduate employability agenda in different contexts, which serves as a point of reference for the adoption of such initiatives. Based on empirical evidence, the authors develop a new graduate employability framework seeing it as a lifelong process, denote the relationships between types of employability capital, and shed light on the consequences of different strategies to translate employability capital to employment and career outcomes. Overall, this book generates both theoretical and practical insights which help to advance employability programs, better prepare the future workforce, and anticipate turbulence in the labour markets.

Author : Tran Le Huu Nghia
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000652093

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Building Soft Skills for Employability by Tran Le Huu Nghia Pdf

This book is among the first of its kind to comprehensively examine the implementation of soft skills in universities in the developing country, Vietnam. The context is unique as the implementation is taking place within the distinctive socio-economic, cultural and political characteristics of the country, amidst several simultaneously-executed educational reforms. Tran lays down the foundation for discussion by providing readers with a comprehensive review of how soft skills implementation has come into existence in higher education across the globe, before diving into the implementation of soft skills in Vietnamese universities. He goes on to highlight the interesting differences in the conceptualization of soft skills between Vietnamese universities and those in the West. The book depicts and compares how university leaders and managers tackle contextual factors, submit to constraints enforced by political forces, and how they use institutional advantages available for implementation. It goes further to examine how personal and contextual factors affect teachers’ and students’ engagement with the implementation, and highlights the role of work-integrated learning and extra-curricular activities in developing soft skills for students. Finally, the book investigates the contribution of external stakeholders, such as alumni, employers, skills experts, and local authorities, to the implementation and obstacles that prevent their participation. This book will be a valuable reference for the implementation of soft skills in higher education around the world.

Author : Kathy Daniels,Saskia L Hansen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781803926513

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How to Enable the Employability of University Graduates by Kathy Daniels,Saskia L Hansen Pdf

Giving a platform to the debate about graduate employability from the student, university and employer perspectives, this innovative How To Guide explores the challenges associated with ensuring the employability of university graduates. In defining the nature of employability, the book discusses how the concept is a shared responsibility dependent on individual capabilities, the labour market and social capital.

Author : Lynne Hunt,Denise Chalmers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136161599

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University Teaching in Focus by Lynne Hunt,Denise Chalmers Pdf

University Teaching in Focus provides a foundational springboard for early career academics preparing to teach in universities. Focusing on four critical areas - teaching, curriculum, students, and quality/leadership - this succinct resource offers university teachers a straightforward approach to facilitating effective student learning. The book empowers university teachers and contributes to their career success by developing teaching skills, strategies, and knowledge, as well as linking theory to practice. Written in a clear and accessible style by internationally acclaimed experts, topics include: learning theories, assessment, discipline-based teaching, curriculum design, problem-based and work-integrated learning, effective classroom teaching, and flexible modes of delivery. The needs of diverse student groups are explored and the scholarship of teaching and learning is addressed within a quality and leadership framework. The book also makes reference to seminal works and current resources. Real-world cases illuminate the theoretical content and 'Your Thoughts' sections encourage reflection and adaptation to local contexts. University Teaching in Focus explores ways that teachers can effectively engage students in life-long learning, extending their capacity to solve problems, to enter the workforce, to understand their discipline, and to interact positively with others in a global community throughout their professional lives.

Author : Hong T. M. Bui,Hoa T. M. Nguyen,Doug Cole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429602696

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Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability by Hong T. M. Bui,Hoa T. M. Nguyen,Doug Cole Pdf

The worldwide marketization of higher education has resulted in a growing pressure on universities’ accountability, particularly in terms of more tangible learning outcomes directly related to paying higher tuition fees. Covering globally diverse perspectives, Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability uses a range of international case studies to help practitioners and researchers review, reflect on and refresh their ability to bridge the gap between university and industry. A timely response to the need to improve the quality of higher education in order to build work readiness in students, this book: Adds a critical, global dimension to this topical area in higher education as well as society’s concerns Provides a number of practice-based case studies on how universities can transform their programmes to enhance graduate employability Acts as a source of practical suggestions for how to improve students' sufficient employability including their skills, knowledge and attitudes Provides insights from theory, practices and policy perspectives. A crucial read for anyone looking to engage with the global issue of graduate employability, Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability covers both theoretical frameworks and practical models through an exploration of how universities around the world are using innovative techniques to enhance employability.

Author : Joy Higgs,Geoffrey Crisp,Will Letts
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004400832

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Education for Employability (Volume 1) by Joy Higgs,Geoffrey Crisp,Will Letts Pdf

Universities are expected to produce employable graduates. In Education for Employability experts explore critical questions in the employability agenda.

Author : Leonard, Pauline,Wilde, Rachel
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781529202311

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Getting In and Getting On in the Youth Labour Market by Leonard, Pauline,Wilde, Rachel Pdf

Based on up to date qualitative and ethnographic research, this book examines youth education-to-work transitions in the UK. Using the theoretical lens of a Foucauldian governmentality approach, the authors consider the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of youth employability training and demonstrate how different employability schemes planned and operationalised in diverse geographical and economic landscapes work in practice. The book examines and compares a range of employment entry route programmes and reveals the tension between employability and good quality employment, and the ways in which young people from varying social and regional backgrounds are positioned very differently within this.