Graduate Employability in Context

Theory, Research and Debate

Michael Tomlinson, Leonard Holmes, Michael Tomlinson, Leonard Holmes

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9781137571670
• eBook ISBN:
  9781137571687
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Labour Economics

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. 

Table of contents

• Contents
• Notes on the Contributors
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1: Introduction: Graduate Employability in Context: Charting a Complex, Contested and Multi-Faceted Policy and Research Field
• Chapter 2: Graduate Employability: A Critical Oversight
• Chapter 3: Employability, Employment and the Establishment of Higher Education Graduates in the Labour Market
• Chapter 4: Critical Perspectives on Graduate Employability
• Chapter 5: Developing a More Coherent and Robust Basis for Employability Research: A Critical Realist Perspective
• Chapter 6: Boundaryless and Protean Career Orientation: A Multitude of Pathways to Graduate Employability
• Chapter 7: Employability and Depth Psychology
• Chapter 8: Graduate’s Learning Across Educational and Professional Settings: Outlining an Approach
• Chapter 9: International Students’ Employability: What Can We Learn from It?
• Chapter 10: Cultivating the Art of Judgement in Students
• Chapter 11: Who Is to Be Positioned as Employable? Adult Graduates’ Educational and Working Life Pathways
• Chapter 12: Graduate Employability as Social Suitability: Professional Competence from a Practice Theory Perspective
• Chapter 13: Encouraging Students to Develop Their Employability: ‘Locally Rational’, but Morally Questionable?
• Chapter 14: Graduates’ Psycho-Social Career Preoccupations and Employability Capacities in the Work Context
• Chapter 15: Developing Graduate Employability: The CareerEDGE Model and the Importance of Emotional Intelligence
• Chapter 16: The University and the Knowledge Network: A New Educational Model for Twenty-first Century Learning and Employability
• Chapter 17: Graduate Employability: Future Directions and Debate
• Index