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Universities, Employability and Human Development (eBook)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
XIII, 248 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-58452-6 (ISBN)

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Universities, Employability and Human Development - Melanie Walker, Samuel Fongwa
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The book makes a significant contribution to critical higher education studies, specifically to graduate employability research and to capabilities and education research. The book moves beyond the simplistic conception of alleged 'gaps' in graduate skills and 'mismatches' between employers and universities, and instead provides an innovative multi-dimensional and intersectional human capabilities conceptualisation of graduate employability. The book challenges an individualised notion of employability, instead locating employability issues in social and economic conditions, and argues that employability choices cannot be divorced from inequality. Qualitative and quantitative data from multiple case-study universities in South Africa are used to explore the perceptions and experiences of diverse students, lecturers, support officers and employers, regarding what each university is doing, or should be doing, to enhance graduate economic opportunities and contribute to inclusive development. The book will be highly relevant to students, scholars and researchers in the fields of education and sociology, particularly those with an interest in graduate employability.

Melanie Walker is South African research chair in higher education and human development at the University of the Free State, South Africa.

Samuel Fongwa is a post-doctoral fellow and researcher at the Centre for Research on Higher Education and Development at the University of the Free State, South Africa. 


The book makes a significant contribution to critical higher education studies, specifically to graduate employability research and to capabilities and education research. The book moves beyond the simplistic conception of alleged 'gaps' in graduate skills and 'mismatches' between employers and universities, and instead provides an innovative multi-dimensional and intersectional human capabilities conceptualisation of graduate employability. The book challenges an individualised notion of employability, instead locating employability issues in social and economic conditions, and argues that employability choices cannot be divorced from inequality. Qualitative and quantitative data from multiple case-study universities in South Africa are used to explore the perceptions and experiences of diverse students, lecturers, support officers and employers, regarding what each university is doing, or should be doing, to enhance graduate economic opportunities and contribute to inclusive development. The book will be highly relevant to students, scholars and researchers in the fields of education and sociology, particularly those with an interest in graduate employability.

Melanie Walker is South African research chair in higher education and human development at the University of the Free State, South Africa.Samuel Fongwa is a post-doctoral fellow and researcher at the Centre for Research on Higher Education and Development at the University of the Free State, South Africa. 

              

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.1.2017
Zusatzinfo XIII, 248 p. 8 illus., 3 illus. in color.
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufspädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Schlagworte Education • employers • Employment • South Africa • University
ISBN-10 1-137-58452-1 / 1137584521
ISBN-13 978-1-137-58452-6 / 9781137584526
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