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Graduate Careers in Context: Research, Policy and Practice (Routledge Research in Higher Education)

Graduate Careers in Context: Research, Policy and Practice (Routledge Research in Higher Education)

by Ciaran Burke (Editor), Fiona Christie (Editor), Ciaran Burke (Editor), Fiona Christie (Editor)

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    Hardcover 2018

    $193.97
Synopsis

In a world where there are increasing concerns about graduate underemployment and likely career trajectories, it is not surprising that there is a significant body of literature examining graduate careers in post-industrial societies. However, it has become increasingly evident in recent years that there is a stark disconnect between academics who research employment and education, and careers and employability professionals. Graduate Careers in Context brings these two separate groups together for the first time in order to provide a better understanding of graduate careers.

The book addresses the problems surrounding the graduate labour market and its relationship to higher education and public policy. Drawing on varied perspectives, the contributors provide a comprehensive examination of issues such as geography, mobility and employability, before presenting and discussing the benefits of future collaboration between practitioners and academic researchers.

The interdisciplinary focus of this book will make it of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the areas of education, sociology, social policy, business studies and career guidance and coaching. It should also be essential reading for practitioners who wish to consider their role and responsibilities within the changing higher education market.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 216
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Routledge
Published: 26 Jul 2018
ISBN 10: 1138301760
ISBN 13: 9781138301764

Media Reviews

With the increasing profile of graduate employability in Higher Education Institutions, Burke and Christie's Graduate Careers in Context is timely and most welcome. Bringing together chapters written by leading experts in the field, the book offers a wide range of perspectives on the subject, examining graduate employability from theoretical, empirical and practitioner viewpoints. This is a unique synthesis of the current landscape, and provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary issues in the graduate labour market, graduate careers and employability, and HE career practice. The book will provide valuable food for thought and is a must-read for researchers, students and practitioners in the field.

Dr Julia Yates, City, University of London.

This excellent collection could not be more timely. Drawing on leading-edge research, it brings together a series innovative and wide-ranging analyses on the ways in which graduate careers can be conceptualised and practically addressed. The chapters in this collection will help shape the direction of debate on graduate career readiness and serve as a catalyst for further insightful and nuanced discussion around how we manage this process within a fast-moving economy for the highly qualified. This collection should be of considerable interest to the HE research and practitioner community alike.

Dr Michael Tomlinson, University of Southampton.

Author Bio
Ciaran Burke is an Associate Professor of Higher Education, his research focuses on access to higher education and graduate employment pathways. Adopting a Bourdieusian theoretical lens, he has published extensively on issues including graduate employment, social justice and social theory. Fiona Christie is a Careers Consultant, Writer and Researcher. Her experience includes extensive advice and guidance, teaching, and management in Higher Education and she has also worked in Secondary/Further Education. She has recently completed her PhD in Educational Research with a focus on graduate transitions, careers and employability.