Graduate employability: a review of conceptual and empirical themes
Graduate employability: a review of conceptual and empirical themes
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of some of the dominant empirical and conceptual themes in the area of graduate employment and employability over the past decade. The paper considers the wider context of higher education and labour market change, and the policy thinking towards graduate employability. It draws upon various studies to highlight the different labour market perceptions, experiences and outcomes of graduates in the UK and other national contexts. It further draws upon research that has explored the ways in which students and graduates construct their employability and begin to manage the transition from higher education to work. The paper explores some of the conceptual notions that have informed understandings of graduate employability, and argues for a broader understanding of employability than that offered by policy-makers.
graduate employability, higher education, degree credentials: transitions, identities
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Tomlinson, Michael
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December 2012
Tomlinson, Michael
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Tomlinson, Michael
(2012)
Graduate employability: a review of conceptual and empirical themes.
Higher Education Policy, 25 (4), .
(doi:10.1057/hep.2011.26).
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of some of the dominant empirical and conceptual themes in the area of graduate employment and employability over the past decade. The paper considers the wider context of higher education and labour market change, and the policy thinking towards graduate employability. It draws upon various studies to highlight the different labour market perceptions, experiences and outcomes of graduates in the UK and other national contexts. It further draws upon research that has explored the ways in which students and graduates construct their employability and begin to manage the transition from higher education to work. The paper explores some of the conceptual notions that have informed understandings of graduate employability, and argues for a broader understanding of employability than that offered by policy-makers.
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Published date: December 2012
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graduate employability, higher education, degree credentials: transitions, identities
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