What is the purpose of employability? #cdyf
According to Steven Jones
“The employability agenda is based on the myth that graduates are judged by prospective employers mainly on how skilled they are. However, in many cases, what graduates are actually judged on is how difficult their University was to get into.”
and
“The purpose of the employability discourse is to make university staff culpable, even though the sector has a tradition of conscientious careers advisors and support networks that long pre-dates the agenda. It also points to a dystopian and two-tier future for Universities with workplace training for those needing to focus on future pay cheques, but a rounded and liberal education for those less encumbered by financial considerations.”
Quoted from Universities Under Fire 🔥 Hostile Discourses and Integrity Deficits in Higher Education by Steven Jones dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96107-7
What is the purpose of employability? #cdyf
According to Steven Jones
“The employability agenda is based on the myth that graduates are judged by prospective employers mainly on how skilled they are. However, in many cases, what graduates are actually judged on is how difficult their University was to get into.”
and
“The purpose of the employability discourse is to make university staff culpable, even though the sector has a tradition of conscientious careers advisors and support networks that long pre-dates the agenda. It also points to a dystopian and two-tier future for Universities with workplace training for those needing to focus on future pay cheques, but a rounded and liberal education for those less encumbered by financial considerations.”
Quoted from Universities Under Fire 🔥 Hostile Discourses and Integrity Deficits in Higher Education by Steven Jones dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96107-7