By Jan Petter Myklebust. The strongest measure universities can take to improve employability is to increase 'professionalisation' of links to working life, according to a new international comparative report by the Swedish Agency for Growth Policy Analysis. In particular, it highlights the value of collaborating with industry to ensure students have integrated periods of work practice during their degree studies. Read more...

Partnership enables institutions to complement their existing offerings with effective bootcamp-style software engineering training program that leads to high-paying jobs. More...

By Eric Stoller. Employability isn't why higher education exists. At its core, learning is about so much more than a job or a career. Higher education, in the most aspirational sense, is about self-exploration and making the world a better place. Read more...

Over the past 15 years, learning in distance education universities has become more interactive, flexible, collaborative, and participative. Nevertheless, some accounts have highlighted the importance of developing more instrumental and standardized educational practices to answer the challenges of employability. More...

By Lisa Gray. This latest report identifies that our sector is missing vital opportunities to equip students with the digital skills they need in the modern workplace, and put the new talents, creativity and adaptability of today’s students to the best use in their chosen areas of work. It’s highlighted some good practice points, and makes useful recommendations. More...

Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), an intergovernmental organisation based in Singapore that promotes people-to-people and institutional collaboration between the two continents, is organising an exciting project: the 5th ASEM Rectors’ Conference and Students’ Forum (ARC5) on “Employability: Asia and Europe Prepare the New Generation” on 4-8 April 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic. More...

Bien que relativement ancien car ayant émergé en Angleterre au début du XXe siècle, le concept d’employabilité a connu une lente mutation depuis son apparition. Si, à l’origine, l’employabilité permettait de distinguer les « vrais » des « faux » chômeurs dans les années 30, aux USA, elle permit de distinguer les individus « employables » des individus « inemployables ». Ce colloque a pour objectif de contribuer à l’amélioration et à la diffusion de la connaissance sur le concept d’employabilité. Il est ouvert aux chercheurs et aux praticiens dans le but d’échanger et d’associer les travaux de recherche de nature académique avec des expériences de terrain. Voir l'article...