Employability Skills Initiatives in Higher Education: What Effects Do They Have on Graduate Labour Market Outcomes?

Autor/inn/en	Mason, Geoff; Williams, Gareth; Cranmer, Sue
Titel	Employability Skills Initiatives in Higher Education: What Effects Do They Have on Graduate Labour Market Outcomes?
Quelle	In: Education Economics, 17 (2009) 1, S.1-30 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0964-5292
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Departments; College Graduates; Graduate Surveys; Education Work Relationship; Context Effect; Employment Potential; Job Skills; Labor Market; Work Experience; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Department; Abteilung; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Produktive Fertigkeit; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Großbritannien
Abstract	The present paper makes use of detailed information gathered at university department level, combined with graduate survey data, to assess the impact of different kinds of employability skills initiative on graduate labour market performance. We find that structured work experience and employer involvement in degree course design and delivery have clear positive effects on the ability of graduates to secure employment in "graduate-level" jobs. However, a measure of departmental involvement in explicit teaching and assessment of employability skills is not significantly related to labour market performance. (Contains 13 tables and 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10