Employability in a Global Context: Evolving Policy and Practice in Employability, Work Integrated Learning, and Career Development Learning

Authors

Martin Smith, University of Wollongong
Kenton Bell, University of WollongongFollow
Dawn Bennett, Curtin UniversityFollow
Alan McAlpine, Queensland University of Technology

RIS ID

136550

Publication Details

Smith, M., Bell, K., Bennett, D. & McAlpine, A. (2018). Employability in a Global Context: Evolving Policy and Practice in Employability, Work Integrated Learning, and Career Development Learning. Wollongong, Australia: Graduate Careers Australia.

Abstract

This research project was activated to explore trends emerging in the intersecting domains of employability, work-integrated learning, and career development learning. In late 2015, researchers, academics, and career practitioners from Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada gathered to attend an Employability Masterclass at the University of Wollongong. Attendees explored questions around employability in vocationally specific and non-vocationally specific degrees. The language and conversations highlighted the influence of global contexts on strategies and practices in transnational settings-specifically, how employability is defined and supported across the breadth of university activity.