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Behle, Heike and Atfield, Gaby (2013) Employability, key skills and graduate attributes. In: Kandiko, Camile and Weyers, Mark, (eds.) The global student experience an international and comparative analysis. London : Routledge Press:International Higher Education series, pp. 78-97. ISBN 9780415809269
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Abstract
There are 100 million students in higher education throughout the world today. This collection provides some indication of what are they are learning and of their wider experiences. It also outlines the changing global context of provision for undergraduate students as countries and universities respond to what they anticipate will be new demands for virtual and more traditional learning in and across subjects of study. It brings together contributions from a range of authors to focus on common themes combined with descriptions of the student experience in national higher education systems. This affords insight into what students can expect from emerging patterns of provision worldwide. It also informs institutional decision makers as they attempt to meet changing international student demand within their own national circumstances of retrenchment or expansion in competition with private, public, and for-profit rivals at home and abroad.
The editors present this panorama of provision through a team of expert contributors who relate their experience and knowledge to shared global concerns. Thus, they combine the big picture of economic and political globalisation with examination of its various aspects, such as:
cultural differences in learning,
distance provision
quality in the context of competition
the globally connected undergraduate curriculum
the predominance of business amongst other subjects of study, and
the assessment and ‘employability’ of graduates.
At the same time, in an increasingly open market there are also restrictions upon student travel and residence in many polities, and increasingly variable fees for home and international students. These pan-global themes are combined with an overview of ‘Western’ higher education, including the US, English and UK, and Australian systems of higher education contrasted with systems in different cultural contexts, such as the Middle East, Africa and South America, as well as the new giants China and India.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | College students -- Employment, Employability | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge Press:International Higher Education series | ||||
Place of Publication: | London | ||||
ISBN: | 9780415809269 | ||||
Book Title: | The global student experience an international and comparative analysis | ||||
Editor: | Kandiko, Camile and Weyers, Mark | ||||
Official Date: | 17 March 2013 | ||||
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Number of Pages: | 284 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 78-97 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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