Employability: Are you doing enough for your students?

By EAIE. Employability is ‘the new black’, the current trend that higher education institutions are sporting in a bid to respond to the latest demands from society and governments. ‘Transferable skills’, ‘soft skills’, ‘self efficacy’ – the buzz words of today all materialise through a variety of employability initiatives being implemented across institutions worldwide. So what’s behind this latest craze, and what should your institution be doing to keep up?

Higher education institutions are increasingly being expected to deliver graduates that can immediately step into the workplace and contribute fresh ideas and knowledge that will help to drive countries towards economic prosperity. Graduates are expected to transform themselves from the relative comfort and routine of student life to the diverse challenges of the workplace; preferably, in the first week of the job (assuming they actually find one). Read more...