A Gramscian Analysis of the Employability Agenda

Autor/in	Arora, Bela
Titel	A Gramscian Analysis of the Employability Agenda
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 36 (2015) 4, S.635-648 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2013.838415
Schlagwörter	Employment Potential; Social Theories; Critical Theory; Higher Education; College Graduates; Foreign Countries; Marxian Analysis; Educational Theories; Power Structure; Mass Media Effects; Public Opinion; Commercialization; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Gesellschaftstheorie; Kritische Theorie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Ausland; Marxism; Marxismus; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Öffentliche Meinung; Großbritannien
Abstract	The economic downturn has caused governments to reassess levels of resilience and adaptability in the face of new challenges. There has been increased focus on the higher education sector, which has been blamed for developing graduates whose skills do not meet the needs of the economy. The author explores a framework to interpret and understand contemporary policy and practice relating to the employability agenda in UK higher education. The article reflects upon power dynamics driving the creation of more entrenched business-facing universities through the development of the employability agenda and draws upon the work of Antonio Gramsci to provide a theoretical foundation for exploration of the agenda and its rise to prominence. The agenda has, arguably, emerged as an organising principle, which has been framed as common sense. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01