Employability: The Missing Voice: How Student and Graduate Views Could Be Used to Develop Future Higher Education Policy and Inform Curricula

Autor/in	Higdon, Rachel Delta
Titel	Employability: The Missing Voice: How Student and Graduate Views Could Be Used to Develop Future Higher Education Policy and Inform Curricula
Quelle	In: Power and Education, 8 (2016) 2, S.176-195 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1757-7438
DOI	10.1177/1757743816653151
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Employment Potential; Higher Education; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Neoliberalism; College Graduates; Student Attitudes; Labor Market; College Curriculum; Human Capital; Commercialization; Undergraduate Students; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Schülerverhalten; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Humankapital; Großbritannien
Abstract	The student voice is currently absent from the employability agenda for higher education in the UK. A government-led neo-liberal model of employability, claiming what employers want when employing graduates, has been uncritically adopted by many universities in the UK to inform higher education strategy and policy. Many undergraduates and graduates perceive this employability model as incongruent and disingenuous to their experiences in gaining and sustaining work. The dominant employability discourse masks inequalities in the contemporary labour market. In developing policies for the future of higher education, British government departments should recognise the student lens by researching students' qualitative experiences and reflections of teaching, learning and work. Students should be a collaborative part of future planning, and their voices should be continuously informing higher education practice. Student and graduate views can be used to inform higher education curricula and develop meaningful future policy relating to higher education. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01