Exploitation or Opportunity? Student Perceptions of Internships in Enhancing Employability Skills

Autor/inn/en	O'Connor, Henrietta; Bodicoat, Maxine
Titel	Exploitation or Opportunity? Student Perceptions of Internships in Enhancing Employability Skills
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 38 (2017) 4, S.435-449 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2015.1113855
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Internship Programs; Employment Potential; Higher Education; Compensation (Remuneration); Graduates; Social Mobility; Foreign Countries; Graduate Surveys; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Abfindung; Kompensation; Lohnausgleich; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Soziale Mobilität; Ausland
Abstract	Internships are now widely promoted as a valuable means of enhancing graduate employability. However, little is known about student perceptions of internships. Drawing on data from a pre-1992 university, two types of graduate are identified: engagers and disengagers. The engagers valued internship opportunities while the disengagers perceived these roles as exploitative and worthless. Few were able to distinguish paid, structured internship opportunities from unpaid, exploitative roles. We conclude that higher education institutes need to be more proactive in extolling the value of paid internships to all students and not just those most likely to engage with their services. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01