"Employability is becoming embedded in higher education with considerable moral authority and creates unachievable expectations. However, higher ..."
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Creative teaching and learning
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New spaces for teaching, learning and supervision
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Leona Ungerer
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"Many students see no relevance between their education and the real world, and say they are struggling to find meaning in their education or find a career direction, according to a new survey from …" 
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"Not many rankings cover employability and the connection with teaching and learning and those that do cover only a fraction of the world ..."
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"What could he do to directly influence and enhance the characteristics in his students that would make them more employable and more productive..."
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"Social and emotional learning (SEL) has for some time been a priority for K-12 schools, but advocates are recommending that higher education explore it further to reduce stress among students and faculty members, improve the campus climate, raise student performance and prepare graduates for jobs where employers say these qualities are badly needed ..."
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"Every year, LinkedIn combs its database and reviews billions of interactions between professionals and companies to line up some of the most important skills employers are hiring for. According to its most recent list, skills like cloud computing, mobile development, and data science will be in high demand in almost every industry for years to ..."
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"College students have embraced a culture where everything is shared and captured in a selfie. Many don't think about the digital footprints left behind ..."
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"The 150 best universities for delivering work-ready graduates ..."
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"Academic research, even the sort that looks at issues closest to 'real life', often remains distanced from public debate. Academic voices, in particular those stimulating critical reimagination, are hardly heard. But we need to encourage the media, and ultimately the public, to look more critically at employability – a theme that is discussed from a variety of angles, but is put under little critical scrutiny today..."
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"Graduates entering the workforce with good career prospects and high starting salaries are the most satisfied with their major, according to ZipRecruiter ..."
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"Given their importance, it can no longer be assumed that students’ social-emotional skills, traditionally emphasised by primary and secondary ..."
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"Two years ago, Google announced that it was launching a career certificate program that would provide all the essentials to start a new career. The Google career certificate programs have exploded on the scene with millions of enrollments and are expanding to community colleges ..."
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"Google's new certificate program takes only six months to complete, and will be a fraction of the cost of college ..."
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"Did you know that everything you do online leaves a trace?  It’s true. It’s called a digital footprint, and while it may seem invisible to you right now, other people can see it, including ..."
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"AI is already changing the workplace. Universities should not fall behind ..."
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"Any university will tell you that its primary mission is to create opportunities for its students to achieve success. But student success looks quite different today than it has in the past – even as recently as a few years ago ..."
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"College graduates’ skills are not visible to employers because while they’re leaving colleges and universities with transcripts and resumes, employers aren’t able to see the skills they’ve developed through coursework and co-curricular activities ...."
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"Being a good critical thinker is a desirable and highly-sought after trait for getting a job in today's economy. But are universities actually teaching this skill effectively? ..."
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"Interdisciplinarity isn't just for researchers, says Janice Kay, as 1,000 Exeter first years set out to tackle some big problems..."
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