Employability via Higher Education: Sustainability as Scholarship

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Introduction  (Alice Diver)....Pages 3-23
 HE and Civil Society: What Contribution Can Universities Make to Civil Society?  (Ceryn Evans, Stuart Fox, Chris Taylor)....Pages 25-36
 Learning Gain: Can It Be Measured?  (Peter Gossman, Stephen Powell)....Pages 37-51
 Conceptions of Quality: Some Critical Reflections on the Impact of ‘Quality’ on Academic Practice  (Chris Lawton)....Pages 53-65
 What Motivational Processes Underpin Student Engagement with Employability? A Critical Review  (Andrew James Clements)....Pages 67-81
 Developing Employable, Emotionally Intelligent, and Resilient Graduate Citizens of the Future  (Lorraine Dacre Pool, Dawne Gurbutt, Kath Houston)....Pages 83-97
 The Role of ‘Learner Identity’ and Experience-Related Beliefs in Developing Desirable Graduate Attributes  (Dawne Irving-Bell)....Pages 99-111
 Pushing Water Uphill? The Challenges of Non-engagement  (Vicki Louise O’Brien, Francesca Dominique Walker-Martin)....Pages 113-125
 Student Motivation and ‘Dropout’ Rates in Brazil  (Dalton Tria Cusciano, Mauro Maia Laruccia, Luis Fernando Salles Moraes)....Pages 127-134
 Building Student Resilience for Graduate Work Readiness  (Jacinta Ryan, Sandra Jones, Peter Hayes, Michelle Turner)....Pages 135-154
 “That Working-Class Ethic … Where There’s a Will There’s a Way:” A Strengths-Based Approach to Developing Employable Scholars  (Sarah O’Shea, Janine Delahunty)....Pages 155-167
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 Precursors to Employability—How First Year Undergraduate Students Plan and Strategize to Become Employable Graduates  (Emma Mullen, Stephanie Bridges, Sue Eccles, Doris Dippold)....Pages 171-200
 Engaging Students, Staff, and Employers in Developing Student Employability  (John Bostock)....Pages 201-214
 Learning from and About Each Other: Developing Skills for a Connected Interdisciplinary World  (Dawne Gurbutt)....Pages 215-225
 What Happens When Politics and Career Dreams Collide? Considering the Impact of Brexit on Graduate Career Aspirations  (Theresa Thomson)....Pages 227-235
 Assessment Strategy: Enhancement of Student Learning Through a Programme Focus  (Ruth Whitfield, Peter Hartley)....Pages 237-253
 Authentic Assessment as a Tool to Bridge the Transition Between Learning and Work  (Robyn Davidson, Catherine Snelling, Sophie Karanicolas, Tania Crotti, Braden Phillips)....Pages 255-274
 ‘Oh, The Places You’ll Go’: The Importance of Relationships on Postgraduate Research Students’ Experiences of Academia  (Janine Delahunty, Kathryn Harden-Thew)....Pages 275-289
 Making Student Internships Work: Navigating Stakeholder Interests and Aspirations at the University-Work Interface  (Martha Caddell, Rosemarie McIlwhan)....Pages 291-303
 Curiosity and Self-connected Learning: Re-centring the ‘I’ in Technology-Assisted Learning  (Sally Goldspink, Hilary Engward)....Pages 305-319
 Student Engagement with LinkedIn to Enhance Employability  (Emmanuel Mogaji)....Pages 321-329
 Pre-professional Identity Formation Through Connections with Alumni and the Use of LinkedIn  (Julie Fowlie, Clare Forder)....Pages 331-345
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 Developing the ‘Oven-Ready’ Postgraduate: Squeezing a Quart into a Pint Pot to Meet the Employability Agenda  (Gillian Forster, Andrew Robson)....Pages 349-372
 Constructing Careers: Self-awareness, Self-reflection, and Self-efficacy Amongst Undergraduate Business Students  (Deborah A. Lock)....Pages 373-388
 Hitting the Ground Running: Group Simulations Within Business School Cohorts  (David M. Brown, Ian Charity, Andrew Robson)....Pages 389-413
 Pop-up Shops for Increasing Employability and Contributing to Civil Society in Times of Austerity  (Inge Hill, Tina Bass)....Pages 415-427
 Professional Development Within Second Year Computing Degree Programmes  (Janice Whatley)....Pages 429-440
 Using the Living CV to Help Students Take Ownership of Their Learning Gain  (Lisa Dibben, Dawn A. Morley)....Pages 441-457
 Using an ePortfolio to Demonstrate Graduate-ness and Employability During Post-graduate Distance Education  (C. J. van Staden)....Pages 459-472
 Developing Future Reading and Literacy Specialists in a Fully Online Masters of Reading Education Program  (Kelli Bippert, Bethanie Pletcher, Corinne Valadez)....Pages 473-487
 Building Career Readiness for Criminal Law Practice: The Adelaide Law School Experience  (Kellie Toole)....Pages 489-502
 Leading the Way: A Case Study of Establishing an Employability Scheme at Coventry Law School  (Harriet Lodge, Susie Elliott)....Pages 503-512
 Increasing Employability Beyond Getting a Job: Engaging Criminal Justice Students in Their Own Professional Development  (Ester Ragonese, Steven Altham)....Pages 513-523
 Quiet Silencing: Restricting the Criminological Imagination in the Neoliberal University  (Alana Barton, Howard Davis, David Scott)....Pages 525-540
 Conclusion  (Alice Diver, Gerard Diver)....Pages 541-564