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Reflections |
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Foreword |
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Preface |
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PART I INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT |
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1 Why employability matters |
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2 | (11) |
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2 Whose job is it to make a graduate employable? |
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13 | (11) |
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3 Employability: the student voice |
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24 | (12) |
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PART II WHAT EMPLOYERS WANT FROM GRADUATES |
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4 Creating a new university to meet the employability challenge |
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36 | (11) |
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5 Developing employability skills through working in a law clinic |
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47 | (9) |
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6 Problems delivering the skills employers want? Creativity - a case in point |
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56 | (11) |
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7 Mind the gap: employers' and students' perceptions of skills and knowledge needed by accounting graduates in Greece |
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67 | (12) |
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PART III EMPLOYABILITY AND THE CURRICULUM |
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8 Employer input to curriculum and assessment |
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79 | (10) |
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9 Real work opportunities in the curriculum: three different approaches |
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89 | (11) |
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10 Using a professional skills module to develop student confidence |
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100 | (9) |
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11 Developing an ecosystem: employability skills and authentic assessments |
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109 | (9) |
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PART IV INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO CAREER GUIDANCE |
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12 Using career pathways to tailor and personalize employability activities |
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118 | (9) |
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13 The Career Studio: peer-to-peer support |
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127 | (9) |
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14 Supporting employment outcomes for students from Asia |
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136 | (13) |
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PART V PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF EMPLOYABILITY ACTIVITIES |
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15 Using social action to support skill development |
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149 | (10) |
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16 The Big Challenge: interdisciplinary development of employability skills |
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159 | (9) |
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17 Modifying the journey to graduate employment through changes to work-based learning |
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168 | (11) |
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PART VI ENTERPRISE/ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES |
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18 `One for all and all for one': the 3Es (employability, enterprise, and entrepreneurship) |
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179 | (9) |
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19 BSEEN: extra-curricular enterprise and entrepreneurship support |
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188 | (10) |
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PART VII WIDENING PARTICIPATION |
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20 Employability monsters: breaking barriers to employability for widening participation students |
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198 | (9) |
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21 Supporting `first in family' students: My Generation Career Coaching Programme |
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207 | (8) |
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22 Unlocking the potential of under-represented students |
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215 | (9) |
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23 Social mobility and London's left-behind graduates |
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224 | (10) |
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PART VIII INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS |
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24 Using the net promoter score to understand international alumni satisfaction |
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234 | (10) |
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25 Meeting the employability expectations of international students in transition to higher education in the UK |
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244 | (9) |
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26 How partnerships can make a difference to securing jobs for international students |
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253 | (10) |
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PART IX INSIGHTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD |
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27 How England's policy and regulatory levers have shifted accountability for graduate employment |
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263 | (10) |
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28 Approaches to developing graduate employability in Australia |
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273 | (11) |
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29 Enabling employability in New Zealand |
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284 | (11) |
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295 | (9) |
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31 European University initiative in enabling student success |
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304 | (10) |
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PART X INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE |
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32 Widening the reach of employability skills development |
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314 | (9) |
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33 An integrated institutional approach to employability |
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323 | (11) |
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34 A strategic institutional approach to employability |
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334 | (9) |
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35 Student experience(s) and an integrated pastoral approach to employability |
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343 | (9) |
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PART XI A FINAL REFLECTION |
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36 Reflections on 20 years of research on employability and its effect on policy and practice |
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352 | (7) |
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Index |
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