Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability

Covering globally diverse perspectives, this book uses a range of international case studies to help practitioners and researchers review, reflect on and refresh their ability to bridge the gap between university and industry.

Informationen zum Autor Hong T. M. Bui is an associate professor in Higher Education Management at the School of Management, University of Bath, UK. Hoa T.M Nguyen is a senior lecturer in the School of Education, UNSW, Australia. Doug Cole is deputy director of Employability at Nottingham Trent University, UK. Klappentext The worldwide marketization of higher education has resulted in a growing pressure on universities' accountability, particularly in terms of more tangible learning outcomes directly related to paying higher tuition fees. Covering globally diverse perspectives, Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability uses a range of international case studies to help practitioners and researchers review, reflect on and refresh their ability to bridge the gap between university and industry.A timely response to the need to improve the quality of higher education in order to build work readiness in students, this book:Adds a critical, global dimension to this topical area in higher education as well as society's concernsProvides a number of practice-based case studies on how universities can transform their programmes to enhance graduate employabilityActs as a source of practical suggestions for how to improve students' sufficient employability including their skills, knowledge and attitudesProvides insights from theory, practices and policy perspectives.A crucial read for anyone looking to engage with the global issue of graduate employability, Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability covers both theoretical frameworks and practical models through an exploration of how universities around the world are using innovative techniques to enhance employability. Zusammenfassung Covering globally diverse perspectives, this book uses a range of international case studies to help practitioners and researchers review, reflect on and refresh their ability to bridge the gap between university and industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Higher Education, Innovation an Employability; Chapter 2: Building Multidisciplinary Programmes that Engage Industry: A Critical Task for Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability; Chapter 3: Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Higher Education; Chapter 4: Developing Innovative Student Leadership for Enhanced Graduate Employability; Chapter 5: A Systematic Review of Social Innovation in Higher Education Systems as a Driver of Student Employability: The Case of EEA Countries; Chapter 6: Facilitating Student's (Doctoral) Transition to the Workplace: A Critical Review; Chapter 7: Leading Innovation Centres in Higher Education Institutions in Developing Countries: Ensuring graduate employability; Chapter 8: Developing Business Ready Graduates; Chapter 9: Engagement with Asia via the New Colombo Plan: Impact on Australian Students' career Directions and Employability; Chapter 10: Teaching Towards Graduate Attributes: How much does this approach help Australian graduates with employability?; Chapter 11: Embedding Entrepreneurial Skills within Computing; Chapter 12: Entrepreneurship Education and Employability Agenda in Malaysia; Chapter 13: Graduate Employability in Vietnam: An Initial Study on Responding of Policy Makers; Chapter 14: Graduate Employability: Beyond the skills agenda ...

Autorentext

Hong T. M. Bui is an associate professor in Higher Education Management at the School of Management, University of Bath, UK.

Hoa T.M Nguyen is a senior lecturer in the School of Education, UNSW, Australia.

Doug Cole is deputy director of Employability at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Klappentext

The worldwide marketization of higher education has resulted in a growing pressure on universities' accountability, particularly in terms of more tangible learning outcomes directly related to paying higher tuition fees. Covering globally diverse perspectives, Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability uses a range of international case studies to help practitioners and researchers review, reflect on and refresh their ability to bridge the gap between university and industry. A timely response to the need to improve the quality of higher education in order to build work readiness in students, this book: Adds a critical, global dimension to this topical area in higher education as well as society's concerns Provides a number of practice-based case studies on how universities can transform their programmes to enhance graduate employability Acts as a source of practical suggestions for how to improve students' sufficient employability including their skills, knowledge and attitudes Provides insights from theory, practices and policy perspectives. A crucial read for anyone looking to engage with the global issue of graduate employability, Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability covers both theoretical frameworks and practical models through an exploration of how universities around the world are using innovative techniques to enhance employability.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Higher Education, Innovation an Employability; Chapter 2: Building Multidisciplinary Programmes that Engage Industry: A Critical Task for Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability; Chapter 3: Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Higher Education; Chapter 4: Developing Innovative Student Leadership for Enhanced Graduate Employability; Chapter 5: A Systematic Review of Social Innovation in Higher Education Systems as a Driver of Student Employability: The Case of EEA Countries; Chapter 6: Facilitating Student's (Doctoral) Transition to the Workplace: A Critical Review; Chapter 7: Leading Innovation Centres in Higher Education Institutions in Developing Countries: Ensuring graduate employability; Chapter 8: Developing Business Ready Graduates; Chapter 9: Engagement with Asia via the New Colombo Plan: Impact on Australian Students' career Directions and Employability; Chapter 10: Teaching Towards Graduate Attributes: How much does this approach help Australian graduates with employability?; Chapter 11: Embedding Entrepreneurial Skills within Computing; Chapter 12: Entrepreneurship Education and Employability Agenda in Malaysia; Chapter 13: Graduate Employability in Vietnam: An Initial Study on Responding of Policy Makers; Chapter 14: Graduate Employability: Beyond the skills agenda