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Relevance of higher education: economic and social development, and employability of graduates

Explore the significance of higher education in economic growth, social progress, and graduate employability. Delve into the factors shaping relevance, implications on employment, and strategies to enhance employability.

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Relevance of higher education: economic and social development, and employability of graduates

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  1. Relevance of higher education:economic and social development, and employability of graduates Bologna 2020: Unlocking Europe’s potential – Contributing to a better world Martina Vukasovic Centre for Education Policy, Serbia

  2. Relevance of higher education • How to “measure” relevance? • Political goals • Wider social and economic context • Extent of • Differentiation • Diversification • Frame of reference (time and space)

  3. HE and economic development • Increase of productivity • Increase of human capital • Knowledge and technology transfer • Decrease of costs in other public sectors

  4. HE and social development • Building of the national identity • BUT what about globalization or Europeanisation? • Promotion of attitudes and values, critical thinking, democratisation of the society • Improving quality of life • Social mobility or social reproduction? • Benefits for the individual

  5. Employability – a concept • Employability ≠ employment • Employability = a set of achievements, understanding and personal attributes that make individuals more likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen occupations (Knight and Yorke, 2004:25) • Personal characteristic • Possibility, not certainty or status

  6. Employment of graduates - research • graduates spend more time searching for a job after graduation than they used to do • graduates feel that their first job is often not suitable for them – that they are under-employed • more and more graduates start with several part-time or short-term jobs • persons with higher education qualifications tend to change jobs more often than before – both in terms of changing employer as well as field of work • unemployment statistics show an increase in the number of unemployed persons with higher education qualifications.

  7. Higher education and employability • caution when making conclusions w.r.t. to higher education on the basis of (un)employment statistics • over-education and under-employment? • effects of massification • influence of non-formal and informal learning • difficult to establish simple causal relationships • time and space of reference

  8. How to increase employability? • Real focus on learning outcomes • Diversity of offer (mirroring the diversity of roles of higher education) • Flexibility of learning paths • Transparency • Recognition of learning • Readability (employers!) • Adequate inclusion of relevant stakeholders

  9. Thank you for your attention! mvukasovic@cep.edu.rs http://www.cep.edu.rs

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