Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability: Rethinking the Possibilities, 1st Edition

The worldwide marketization of higher education has resulted in a growing pressure on universities' accountability, particularly in terms of more tangible learning outcomes directly related to paying higher tuition fees. Covering globally diverse perspectives, "Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability" uses a range of international case studies to help practitioners and researchers review, reflect on and refresh their ability to bridge the gap between university and industry. A timely response to the need to improve the quality of higher education in order to build work readiness in students, this book: (1) Adds a critical, global dimension to this topical area in higher education as well as society's concerns; (2) Provides a number of practice-based case studies on how universities can transform their programmes to enhance graduate employability; (3) Acts as a source of practical suggestions for how to improve students' sufficient employability including their skills, knowledge and attitudes; and (4) Provides insights from theory, practices and policy perspectives. A crucial read for anyone looking to engage with the global issue of graduate employability, "Innovate Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability" covers both theoretical frameworks and practical models through an exploration of how universities around the world are using innovative techniques to enhance employability. The following contents are included: (1) Higher Education, Innovation an Employability (Hong T. M. Bui and Hoa T. M. Nguyen); (2) Building Multidisciplinary Programmes that Engage Industry: A Critical Task for Higher Education to Enhance Graduate Employability (Hong T. M. Bui); (3) Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Higher Education (Maksim Belitski); (4) Developing Innovative Student Leadership for Enhanced Graduate Employability (Jill Jameson); (5) A Systematic Review of Social Innovation in Higher Education Systems as a Driver of Student Employability: The Case of EE Countries (Daniela Petrova Bariakova); (6) Facilitating Student's (Doctoral) Transition to the Workplace: A Critical Review (Arvind Upadhyay, Vika Kumar and Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes); (7) Leading Innovation Centres in Higher Education Institutions in Developing Countries: Ensuring graduate employability (Val Quimno and Dennis Alonzo); (8) Developing Business Ready Graduates: Teaching Inside Out (Christine Rivers and Justin O'Brien); (9) Engagement with Asia via the New Colombo Plan: Impact on Australian Students' Career Directions and Employability (Ly Thi Tran, Glen Stafford, Thao Thi Phuong Vu and Mark Rahimi); (10) Teaching Towards Graduate Attributes: How much does this approach help Australian graduates with employability? (Thanh Pham and Eisuke Saito); (11) Embedding Entrepreneurial Skills within Computing (Mark Zarb, Chevonne Brady and Roger McDermott); (12) Entrepreneurship Education and Employability Agenda in Malaysia (Jane Chang and Ainurul Rosli); (13) Graduate Employability in Vietnam: An Initial Study on Responding of Policy Makers (Ly Thi Pham); and (14) Graduate Employability: Beyond the skills agenda (Thi Tuyet Tran) Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Contributors Chapter 1: Higher education, innovation, and employability Higher education Innovation in higher education Graduate employability The link between higher education innovation and graduate employability References Chapter 2: Building multidisciplinary programmes that engage industry: a critical task for higher education to enhance graduate employability Discrepancies in graduate skills and employability To attract industries, universities must embrace multidisciplinary programmes Skills that industry-engaged multidisciplinary programmes provide to students Key learning methods for industry-engaged multidisciplinary programmes How to develop industry-engaged multidisciplinary programmes in higher education Conclusion References Chapter 3: Entrepreneurship ecosystems in higher education Introduction Entrepreneurial education: the UK case study The role of technology transfer offices and entrepreneurship centres Offering entrepreneurial best practices for higher education Conclusion References Chapter 4: Developing innovative student leadership for enhanced graduate employability Background and significance Managerialism in higher education: new opportunities for student leadership Methodology Integrated student leadership and trust model Discussion and implications Limitations and future research References Chapter 5: A systematic review of social innovation in higher education systems as a driver of student employability: the case of EE countries Introduction and rationale Methodology Social innovation Innovation in higher education Results Discussion and implications References Chapter 6: Facilitating students’ (doctoral) transition to the workplace: a critical review Introduction Methodology Findings and discussion Evaluation Discussion and implication Limitations and future research References Chapter 7: Leading innovation centres in higher education institutions in developing countries: ensuring graduate employability Introduction Method Employability and higher education in developing countries Conceptualization of innovation Innovation in developing countries Innovation and employability in HEIs in developing countries The Education-Innovation-Employability Framework Conclusion References Chapter 8: Developing business-ready graduates: Teaching Inside Out Introduction Theoretical background Research design and methodology Analysis and findings Concluding remarks References Chapter 9: Engagement with Asia via the New Colombo Plan: impact on Australian students’ career directions and employability Introduction Study abroad and employability Bourdieu’s theory as a conceptual frame Research design Discussion of findings Ways of interpreting disciplinary knowledge and international outlooks Development of experiential learning, networking and cross-cultural understandings Concluding remarks and practical recommendations Recommendations for practice References Chapter 10: Teaching towards graduate attributes: how much does this approach help Australian graduates with employability? Introduction Australian universities and their engagement with the graduate attributes agenda Data collection and analysis Findings Discussion and implications Conclusion References Chapter 11: Embedding entrepreneurial skills within computing Literature review Methodology Conclusions and future work Bibliography Chapter 12: Entrepreneurship education and employability agenda in Malaysia Introduction Entrepreneurship education Entrepreneurship education and employability agenda in Malaysia A missionary approach to support graduate employability in Malaysia Centre of community learning: integrating university-level curriculum with national programmes to support the employability agenda Conclusion Note References Chapter 13: Graduate employability in Vietnam: an initial study on responding of policy makers Introduction The context The literature Recent findings The policy response Discussions and implications Conclusion Notes References Chapter 14: Graduate employability: beyond the skills agenda Introduction Employability and the emerging of the skills agenda Measuring of employability Rethinking GE and the subsequence role of HEIs Conclusion References Index Covering globally diverse perspectives, this book uses a range of international case studies to help practitioners and researchers review, reflect on and refresh their ability to bridge the gap between university and industry.