Bennett, D, Knight, E, Divan, A et al. (4 more authors) (2017) How do research-intensive universities portray employability strategies? A review of their websites. Australian Journal of Career Development, 26 (2). pp. 52-61. ISSN 1038-4162
Abstract
Employability development is a strategic priority for universities across advanced western economies. Despite this, there is no systematic study of employability development approaches internationally. In this study, we considered how universities portray employability on the public pages of their websites. We undertook website content analysis of 107 research-intensive universities in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Following Farenga and Quinlan, we classified these strategies as Portfolio, Hands-off, Award and Non-embedded. Portfolio or Award strategies were the most common across all four locations; Hands-off and Non-embedded strategies were more common to US universities; and Award was more common in the United Kingdom. Universities focused on either possessional or positional approaches to employability. We advocate for a pedagogical shift towards processual approaches in which responsibility for employability development is shared.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Australian Council for Educational Research 2017. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Australian Journal of Career Development. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Employability development, graduate outcomes, higher education, research-intensive, university |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Biological Sciences (Leeds) > School of Molecular and Cellular Biology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Oct 2017 11:41 |
Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2018 15:17 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1038416217714475 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123005 |