Employability and Higher Education: A Category for the Future

Boffo, Vanna

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“…These external dimensions are certainly overshadowed by the HEI-focussed narrative of employability by the government, thereby blurring the role that institutions could play in supporting students to maximise their chances of success in the labour market (Yorke, 2006). Various commentators have already reiterated that employability should be treated as a dialogue (Boffo, 2019) and a collaboration amongst various stakeholders (Donald et al , 2017; Ferns et al , 2019). Williams et al (2019) emphasise for instance the compatibility of expectations of employers and educators in terms of skills to be developed and in the assessment of employment outcomes.…”

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Employability in higher education: a review of key stakeholders' perspectives

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Adekola

Albia

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PurposeEmployability is a key concept in higher education. Graduate employment rate is often used to assess the quality of university provision, despite that employability and employment are two different concepts. This paper will increase the understandings of graduate employability through interpreting its meaning and whose responsibility for graduate employability from the perspectives of four key stakeholders: higher education institutions, students, government and employers.Design/methodology/approachThere are two stages to this literature review which was undertaken across bibliographic databases. The first stage builds a conceptual understanding of employability, relating to definition and how employability can be achieved and enhanced from the perspective of stakeholders. A structured search employing Boolean searches was conducted using a range of terms associated with key stakeholders. The second round of review drew on documentary analysis of official statements, declarations, documents, reports and position papers issued by key stakeholders in the UK, available online.FindingsIt reveals that responsibility for employability has been transferred by the UK government to higher education institutions, despite clear evidence that it needs to be shared by all the key stakeholders to be effective. In addition, there is a gap between employers' expectation for employability and the government's employability agenda.Originality/valueThis article highlights that solely using employment rate statistics as a key indicator for employability will encourage the practice of putting employers' needs above knowledge creation and the development of academic disciplines, with the consequence that higher education will become increasingly vocation driven.

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Employability in higher education: a review of key stakeholders' perspectives

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Adekola

Albia

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“…Transferable skills er en raekke kompetencer, som den studerende erhverver sig gennem studiet, som ligger udover de grundfaglige, men skabes gennem den grundfaglige undervisning og arbejde med faget (Mello & Wattret, 2021). Der er mange forskellige definitioner på transferable skills (Boffo, 2019;Knight & Yorke, 2004;Pool & Sewell, 2007;Valero et al, 2020), men overordnet drejer det sig om kompetencer, forståelser og personlige egenskaber, som gør den studerendes overgang til arbejdsmarkedet nemmere. I kodningen er beskrivelser af kompetencer udover de fagspecifikke, som for eksempel evnen til at samarbejde, kodet som transferable skills.…”

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Studieopbygning, fastholdelse og frafald - et strukturelt blik på første år af to STEM-uddannelser

Felby,

Stoksted

2024

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Et fokus på overgangen til universitetet er essentiel, når nye studerendes integration skal understøttes og risikoen for frafald skal reduceres. Gennem en kvalitativ caseundersøgelse af uddannelsesopbygning og støtteordninger undersøger nærværende studie, hvordan første år opbygges, således at nye studerende støttes fagligt og socialt på første studieår på Matematik og Fysik på Aarhus Universitet, som er særligt ramt af højt frafald på første studieår. Med henblik på at belyse de strukturelle forhold vedrørende de studerendes overgang bygger studiet på data fra studieordninger og kursusbeskrivelser samt interviews med uddannelsesansvarlige. Analysen viser, at uddannelsernes faglige opbygning er struktureret gennem en klar taksonomisk progression under hensyn til de studerende. Derudover understøtter de to uddannelser de studerendes integration gennem en bred vifte af faglige og sociale støtteordninger. Der peges på, at der på Matematik opleves en kløft mellem gymnasiet og universitetet, mens der på Fysik opleves en manglende kommunikation om fagets kerne.

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“….] the ability not only to secure a first job but also to remain employable throughout life" [38] (p. 7), the research was focused on those skills that the scientific literature identifies as effective in supporting tertiary education students to foster their sustainable employability [7,[38][39][40] as well as on the active learning methodologies and pedagogical devices that may support students' acquisition process. In this context, the project management method was used as a pedagogical device to integrate students' cognitive learning with their autonomous process of developing non-cognitive, emotional, and social skills [41].…”

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“…In 2006, Yorke provided the most widespread definition [40] of employability: "a set of achievements-skills, understandings and personal attributes-that makes graduates more likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen occupations, which benefits themselves, the workforce, the community and the economy" [39] (p. 8).…”

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The Model of Project Management as a Sustainable Pedagogical Device: Case Study Research in the Tertiary Education Environment

Guraziu

2023

Sustainability

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The objective of the research was to analyse the use of project management as a sustainable pedagogical device capable of fostering in tertiary education students the development of those transversal skills that enhance their sustainable employability. The qualitative research design was the emergent grounded theory, applied through a case study methodology (first exploratory and then explanatory). The “Seven-factor model of project management as a sustainable pedagogical device” for the development of transversal skills in tertiary education was the main result presented. It is composed of the factors that can be transposed from practice into the context of tertiary education and contains a description of the method for this translation. Moreover, the “holistic project management integration approach in tertiary education” was presented, and it was explained why it is an effective top-down transformation process for integrating project management in every program or academic level. Learning project management proves effective in enhancing students’ employability by fostering a process of critical reflection that enables them to develop a sustainable career aligned with their expectations and personal growth as individuals, professionals, and sustainable citizens.

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Employability and Higher Education: A Category for the Future

Cited by 6 publications

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Employability in higher education: a review of key stakeholders' perspectives

Employability in higher education: a review of key stakeholders' perspectives

Studieopbygning, fastholdelse og frafald - et strukturelt blik på første år af to STEM-uddannelser

The Model of Project Management as a Sustainable Pedagogical Device: Case Study Research in the Tertiary Education Environment

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