Higher Education in Norway - Labour Market Relevance and Outcomes

Intro
 Introduction
 Acknowledgements
 Executive summary
 Chapter 1. Assessment and recommendations
 Aligning higher education with the changing needs of the labour market
 Ensuring students develop the high-quality skills needed in the labour market
 Rationale
 Key issues
 Ensuring the system offers a broad range of qualifications
 Rationale
 Key issues
 Helping students succeed in higher education and the labour market
 Ensuring students have the information needed to make informed choices
 Rationale
 Key Issues
 Ensuring students complete their study programmes
 Rationale
 Key issues Co-ordinating across government to enhance labour market relevance and outcomesEnsuring better co-ordination and use of labour market information
 Rationale
 Key issues
 Ensuring better co-ordination across levels of government
 Rationale
 Key Issues
 References
 Chapter 2. The economy and labour market
 Political context
 The Nordic model
 Geographic context
 Demographic context
 Economic context
 National economy: Recent trends
 Likely scenarios for the future economy
 National and regional labour markets
 Employment and labour force participation
 Earnings
 Future labour markets Implications for knowledge and skills needsReferences
 Chapter 3. Structure and governance of the higher education system
 Structure of the higher education system
 Overview of the education system
 Types of higher education institutions
 Autonomy and accountability of higher education institutions
 Admissions processes
 Transitions to higher education
 Admissions pathways
 Transitions within the higher education system
 Student population in Norway
 Access and participation in higher education in Norway
 Expenditure on higher education
 Governance of the higher education system Steering higher educationRegulation of the higher education system
 Funding the higher education system
 Information within the higher education system
 Direct provision of higher education by government
 Implications for labour market relevance
 References
 Chapter 4. Labour market outcomes of higher education graduates
 Higher education graduates in the labour market
 Skills outcomes
 Labour market outcomes
 Average labour market outcomes
 Labour market outcomes by level of studies
 Labour market outcomes by field of studies
 Labour market outcomes by age, gender and immigration background Labour market outcomes by regionSocial outcomes
 Alignment between skills and labour market needs
 Meeting future labour market needs
 References
 Chapter 5. Enhancing labour market relevance and outcomes through higher education
 How higher education institutions support labour market relevance and outcomes of higher education
 Higher education institution practices
 Prevalence and effectiveness of higher education institution practices
 Labour market information to inform mix of programmes and curriculum
 Institutional labour market information to help students make an informed choice