Maintaining the promise without killing the dream: Developing resilience for future 'graduate' careers

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy Scurry ◽  
Ciaran Burke ◽  
John Blenkinsopp ◽  
Ann Smart
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Education Careers ◽  
Recent Graduates ◽  
Transition Experiences

Significant numbers of recent graduates continue to enter non-graduate roles. Against this backdrop, there is a need to consider how students and graduates can be prepared for the graduate labour market. Resilience is represented as a key attribute for successfully navigating this challenging and complex labour market. Drawing on empirical research with higher education careers practitioners, we examine approaches to supporting graduates in developing 'resilience' against a backdrop of competing stakeholder priorities. We highlight the challenges of acknowledging transition experiences that are counter to dominant notions of successful graduate outcomes. We advocate support for practitioners to provide realistic insights into the graduate labour market.

Educational Qualifications and the Labour Market

1993 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-118
Author(s):  
Osmo Kivinen ◽  
Risto Rinne
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Occupational Attainment ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Relationship

During the 1970s and 1980s a great deal of effort was invested in empirical research into the relationship between educational and occupational attainment. The concepts of ‘overeducation’, ‘underemployment’, and ‘diploma disease’ have been with us for some twenty years. In recent years, attention has been paid to the matching of educational qualifications to the qualification demands of work and the labour market, and the effects of this match or mismatch. In this article, Osmo Kivinen and Risto Rinne analyse the relationships between rising levels of education and demands for job qualifications. They deal with the potential of ‘over- and under-qualification’ and then examine the potential for increased flexibility in the modern labour market, in particular from a Scandinavian perspective. Finally, they discuss the implications of the new ‘flexible society’ for the future of higher education and educational qualifications in general.

scholarly journals INNOVATIVE LEADER IN HIGHER EDUCATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Vytautas Katasanovas ◽  
Vidmantas Katasanovas ◽  
Žilvinas Stankevičius
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Intellectual Stimulation ◽  
Transformational Leader ◽  
Innovative Leadership ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Education Organization ◽  
Inspirational Motivation

Research background.Changing higher education environment, global competition of universitiesand colleges, need to react to the changes in labour market created new challengesfor highereducationinstitutions, that must implement innovations that help to keep their activityeffective and improve it.One ofthe traits of effective leadership is innovative leadership in higher educationinstitutionthat is especiallyoriented towards implementing changes in universities and colleges. Challenges for higher educationinstitutionin the context of innovations are widely determined in scientific literature. It is important to identifywhat are the roles of innovative leader in higher education, and to research the level of innovative leadershipin Lithuanian higher educationinstitutions.The object of the research is the innovative leader in highereducation.Goal of researchisidentify main roles of innovative leader in higher education and to determine howthey manifest at higher education organization “Kauno kolegija”.Methods of research.Methods of analysis and systemising were used performing theoreticalliterature analysis. Method of questionnaire survey was used to perform an empirical research, that is, toevaluate how roles of innovative leader manifest at higher educationinstitution“Kauno kolegija”(n= 49).Questionnaire was prepared,Cronbach’s Alpha= 0.76.Results and findings.Analysis of theoretical literature revelsthat working with people is an importantpart of innovative leader’s agenda. Such a leader should use style of transformational leadership (idealizedinfluence, inspirational motivation; intellectual stimulation, individualized consideration). On the other hand,innovative leader should take part in innovation process. He should initiate important innovations that wouldimprove higher education environment (help a university or college to correspond to challenges of our times;implement new methods of activity and education; stimulate meaningful researches; implement innovationsthat prepare students for international and internal labour market), and also take part in planning and executinginnovations.Results of empirical research performed in higher educationinstitution“Kauno kolegija” reveal thatinnovative leadership is yet not fully implemented in this organization. Abilities of formal leaders to act asinnovative leader and work with people as a transformational leader are not sufficient. Leadersin thisorganization do not take an adequate role starting innovations that would help organization to cope withchallenges of our times, management innovation,or innovationshelping students to become prepared forinternational labour market is rather weak.Main conclusions:1.Innovative leader should play two main roles in higher education organization: working with peopleusing the style of transformation leadership; and working with innovation process, stimulated right innovationscorrespondingtothe challenges in higher educationinstitution’s environment.2.Abilities of formal leadersin higher educationinstitution“Kauno kolegija”to act as innovativeleader and work with people as a transformational leader are not sufficient; role of innovative leaders inimplementing innovations that helpinstitutionto cope with challengesin the environmentis rather weak.

Exploring the job placement of recent emergency management graduates

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-339
Author(s):  
Jessica Jensen, PhD ◽  
Sarah J. Bundy Kirkpatrick, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Bachelor's Degree ◽  
Job Placement ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Recent Graduates ◽  
Considerable Discussion

Graduate job placement is an important issue for emergency management higher education programs, practitioners, and students. Yet, despite considerable discussion about the topic, no line of empirical research has emerged. This article begins to address this gap by reporting the findings of an exploratory study that examined the actual job placement of students who recently graduated with a bachelor’s degree in emergency management and the extent to which their placement was consistent with their intent. This study found that the vast majority of recent graduates are indeed securing jobs they want, but, for about half, the jobs they want are not emergency management. There is significant diversity in the career-paths and sectors being pursued by graduates. This article discusses the potential implications of these findings as well as the critical need for further research in this area.

Is Mass Higher Education Working? Evidence from the Labour Market Experiences of Recent Graduates

2004 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 60-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Elias ◽  
Kate Purcell
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Occupational Structure ◽  
Mass Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Employment ◽  
Recent Graduates ◽  
The Uk

This paper uses a variety of recent sources of information to explore the labour market experiences of those who gained a degree in the 1980s and 1990s. Specifically, we address the issue of ‘overeducation’ — the view that the expansion of higher education in the 1990s created a situation in which increasing numbers of graduates were unable to access employment that required and valued graduate skills and knowledge. Two complementary approaches to this issue are adopted. We review available evidence on the graduate earnings premium and change in the UK occupational structure, and we conduct a detailed examination of the earnings and characteristics of jobs done by a large sample of 1995 graduates seven years after graduation.We conclude that, while there may have been a decline from the high premium enjoyed by older graduates, for those who graduated in 1995 the average premium was holding up well, despite the expansion. Although we found differences between established graduate occupations and the newer areas of graduate employment, our evidence suggests that the development of new technical and managerial specialisms and occupational restructuring within organisations has been commensurate with the availability of an increased supply of highly qualified people.

The next generation: Experiences of higher educated Turkish-Dutch on The Hague labour market

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-217
Author(s):  
Karijn G. Nijhoff
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Education System ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Market Positioning ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dutch City

This paper explores the relationship between education and labour market positioning in The Hague, a Dutch city with a unique labour market. One of the main minority groups, Turkish-Dutch, is the focus in this qualitative study on higher educated minorities and their labour market success. Interviews reveal that the obstacles the respondents face are linked to discrimination and network limitation. The respondents perceive “personal characteristics” as the most important tool to overcoming the obstacles. Education does not only increase their professional skills, but also widens their networks. The Dutch education system facilitates the chances of minorities in higher education through the “layering” of degrees. 

From ICT skills to Digital competence for academic needs in Trakia University – Stara Zagora

2018 ◽  
pp. 132-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zlatoeli Ducheva ◽  
Veselina Nedeva
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Basic Skill ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Academic Needs ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
Digital Competencies

From the beginning of the 21st century, digital competencies are perceived as a "requirement and right," as a "life/basic skill". The purpose of this article is to justify the creation of a blitz-survey, designed and conducted to determine the level of digital competence of students. The completed research will try to answer the question of how training in Faculty of Engineering and Technology develops the digital competence of students - future engineers, which factors influence the development and attitudes to improve this type of competence. The spectrum of components in the digital competencies is defined when developing the conceptual model of the study. The research model also reflects European documents in this area, the needs, and requirements of the labour market related to the training of engineers and the new approaches and paradigms in higher education. The questions were provisionally divided into seven sections, which also have connecting links. At this stage, the study was carried out with 280 students. The end goal of the scientific research is to suggest strategies for adapting the training of the students to the European requirements and the needs of the labour market in order to improve their employment status, their adaptiveness, and their professional development.

Current Requirements of the Society to the Professional Training of Specialists in Information Technology Industry in Japan

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Inna Pododimenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education

Abstract The problem of professional training of skilled human personnel in the industry of information communication technology, the urgency of which is recognized at the state level of Ukraine and the world, has been considered. It has been traced that constantly growing requirements of the labour market, swift scientific progress require the use of innovative approaches to the training of future ІТ specialists with the aim to increase their professional level. The content of standards of professional training and development of information technologies specialists in foreign countries, particularly in Japan, has been analyzed and generalized. On the basis of analysis of educational and professional standards of Japan, basic requirements to the engineer in industry of information communication technology in the conditions of competitive environment at the labour market have been comprehensively characterized. The competencies that graduate students of educational qualification level of bachelor in the conditions of new state policy concerning upgrading the quality of higher education have been considered. The constituents of professional competence in the structure of an engineer-programmer’s personality, necessary on different levels of professional improvement of a specialist for the development of community of highly skilled ІТ specialists, have been summarized. Positive features of foreign experience and the possibility of their implementation into the native educational space have been distinguished. Directions for modernization and upgrading of the quality of higher education in Ukraine and the prospects for further scientific research concerning the practice of specialists in information technologies training have been suggested

Theatrology, the New Cultural Management School in Romania

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-273
Author(s):  
Ivona Tătar-Vîstraş
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
National Theatre ◽  
New Directions ◽  
Management School

Abstract We are witnessing a paradigm shift regarding the theatrologist’s position in the Romanian theatre environment. While, until recently, theatrology meant cultural journalism, this definition is no longer sufficient or attractive for secondary school graduates. Romania’s higher education offer has changed increasingly in the last years, in the attempt to keep up with the requirements of the labour market; the solution was provided by the area of cultural management. Every last faculty in this sector covers the new direction of study and research. This article seeks to investigate the existing educational offers, which should allow an understanding and a new complete image of the theatrologist in Romania; in our opinion, this image will have an increasing impact on the national theatre community, shaped, of course, by the new directions of study.

Mismatch Between Education and Occupation: A Case Study of Pakistani Graduates.

2011 ◽  
Vol 50 (4II) ◽  
pp. 531-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shujaat Farooq
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Keywords Education ◽  
Job Mismatch

In this study, an attempt has been made to estimate the incidences of job mismatch in Pakistan. The study has divided the job mismatch into three categories; education-job mismatch, qualification mismatch and field of study and job mismatch. Both the primary and secondary datasets have been used in which the formal sector employed graduates have been targeted. This study has measured the education-job mismatch by three approaches and found that about one-third of the graduates are facing education-job mismatch. In similar, more than one-fourth of the graduates are mismatched in qualification, about half of them are over-qualified and the half are under-qualified. The analysis also shows that 11.3 percent of the graduates have irrelevant and 13.8 percent have slightly relevant jobs to their studied field of disciplines. Our analysis shows that women are more likely than men to be mismatched in field of study. JEL classification: I23, I24, J21, J24 Keywords: Education and Inequality, Higher Education, Human Capital, Labour Market

Novos modelos de educação superior

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Tavares Gomes ◽  
Eduardo Santos ◽  
Sandra Gomes ◽  
Daniel Pansarelli ◽  
Donizete Mariano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Public School ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
School Students ◽  
Public School Students ◽  
New Models ◽  
Cognitive Justice ◽  
Access Policies

This book, consisting of nine chapters, is the result of multiple theoretical and empirical research carried out by students in the post-graduate program in education (PPGE) at Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE). The object of the research was to carry out a study on the new models of higher education, implemented in Brazil between 2005 and 2013. The studies carried out focus, above all, on institutional principles, student access policies, the internationalization process, quota policies, and mechanisms for inclusion in higher education for public school students. These were studies that used, as a theoretical basis, epistemological models of a counter-hegemonic character and, from a methodological point of view, an essentially qualitative approach. The studies showed, generically, the possibility of building other models of higher education capable of overcoming the elitism, characteristic of traditional universities. The inclusion of students from public school reveals that it is possible to make higher education a right for everyone, democratizing it, in the sense of establishing social and cognitive justice. Keywords: higher education; new models; empirical research; Brazil; social and cognitive justice.

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