Graduate employability: A review of conceptual and empirical themes

M Tomlinson - Higher education policy, 2012 - Springer
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of some of the dominant empirical and
conceptual themes in the area of graduate employment and employability over the past …

The million-dollar question: can internships boost employment?

P Silva, B Lopes, M Costa, AI Melo… - Studies in Higher …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Higher education institutions are increasingly concerned with the professional insertion of
graduates in the labour market and with the design of institutional mechanisms to facilitate …

Employability deconstructed: perceptions of Bologna stakeholders

C Sin, G Neave - Studies in higher education, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The paper analyses employability as a floating signifier–a construct that accommodates
different and often contending meanings. A preliminary analysis of scholarly literature …

Stairway to employment? Internships in higher education

P Silva, B Lopes, M Costa, D Seabra, AI Melo, E Brito… - Higher Education, 2016 - Springer
This article aims to shed light on the current debate regarding the role of internships in
higher education in graduates' employability. In specific, it analyses empirical data on a …

Consequences and challenges of the fourth industrial revolution and the impact on the development of employability skills

V Bikse, L Grinevica, B Rivza, P Rivza - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this research study is to perform an analysis of the consequences and impact of
the fourth industrial revolution on the development of employability skills and to identify …

Striving for sustainable graduate careers: Conceptualization via career ecosystems and the new psychological contract

WE Donald, Y Baruch, MJ Ashleigh - Career Development …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conceptually articulate the differing needs of
graduates and graduate employers, which can be competing or complementary in nature …

Striving for uniformity, hoping for innovation and diversification: A critical review concerning the Bologna process–Providing an overview and reflecting on the criticism

M Wihlborg, C Teelken - Policy Futures in Education, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The implementation of the Bologna Process (BP) did not go as smoothly as the Bologna
Follow-Up evaluations suggest, and the consequences of the BP for the various European …

Academics' and employers' perceptions about responsibilities for employability and their initiatives towards its development

C Sin, A Amaral - Higher Education, 2017 - Springer
This paper reports the results of preliminary research into how Portuguese academics and
employers perceive the responsibility of different higher education stakeholders—students …

Accepting employability as a purpose of higher education? Academics' perceptions and practices

C Sin, O Tavares, A Amaral - Studies in Higher Education, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores Portuguese academics' acceptance of employability as a purpose for
higher education further to the Bologna reforms, focusing on their understandings of …

What can research into graduate employability tell us about agency and structure?

G Tholen - British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Traditionally theorists who have written about agency and structure have eschewed
empirical research. This article uses the findings of an empirical study into graduate …