Knight, Peter, 1950-

Learning, curriculum, and employability in higher education / Peter Knight, Mantz Yorke. - x, 240 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Employability -- The challenge of employability -- Employability: more than skills and wish-lists -- A new view of employability -- A research study of employability -- The study of English and the careers of its graduates / Towards the enhancement of practice -- How we can develop employability -- Engaging students with the worlds of work -- Assessing for employability -- The Skills plus project and nursing / Skills plus and the Construction Management programme at Liverpool John Moores University / Employability and social science / Principles and practices for enhancing employability at programme or departmental level -- An institutional perspective on employability. Philip Martin and Jane Gawthrope -- Geraldine Lyte -- Aled Williams -- Margaret Edwards and Chris McGoldrick -- Pt. I. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Pt. II. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

"This book draws on a set of over 200 in-depth interviews with graduates in employment, and includes a unique account of the meanings of employability in the workplace. Anyone with responsibility for curriculum development or policy making within higher education, who wants to advance learning and promote student employability, will find this book essential reading."--BOOK JACKET.

0415303427 0415303435 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2003011678


Education, Higher--Economic aspects--Great Britain
College graduates--Employment--Great Britain
Higher education and state--Great Britain

LC67.68.G7 / K55 2004

378.0130941