Learning, curriculum, and employability in higher education / Peter Knight, Mantz Yorke.
Contributors: Yorke, Mantz.
Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Education, Higher -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.; College graduates -- Employment -- Great Britain.; Higher education and state -- Great Britain.
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliograhical references (p.     ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The challenge of employability; title: Employability, more than skills and wish-lists; title: A new view of employability; title: A research study of employability; title: The study of English and the careers of its graduates; title: How can we develop employability?; title: Engaging students with the worlds of work; title: Assessing for employability; title: The Skills plus project and nursing; title: Skills plus and the Construction Management Programme at Liverpool John Moores University; title: Employability and social science; title: Principles and practices for enhancing employability at programme or departmental level; title: An institutional perspective on employability.