Enacting strategies to advance graduate employability

About

This collaborative project responded to growing social and economic demands for graduates who can negotiate rapidly trans-forming employment contexts. The project synthesised a significant body of research to advance understanding of students' attainment of employability skills.

With a focus on action and embeddedness, the project included case studies with graduates and with students transitioning from study into work, consulting widely with academic leaders, employers and teaching staff. Challenges for graduates of general degrees were of particular interest, and as such the project concentrated on fields of study within the performing and visual arts, life sciences, hummanities and computer sciences.

Grounded in and supported by examples of best practice, the project developed an action framework to engage and showcase best practice with employers, students, graduates and institutions.

Researchers

Leaders

• Professor Dawn Bennett, Curtin University
• Dr Philip MacKinnon, Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and The University of Melbourne

Team

• Professor Hamish Coates, Melbourne CSHE, The University of Melbourne
• Dr Marian Mahat, Melbourne CSHE, The University of Melbourne
• Professor Phil Poronnik, University of Sydney
• Dr Sarah Richardson, ACER
• Dr Lisa Schmidt, Flinders University

Partners

• Curtin University
• ACER
• The University of Melbourne
• University of Sydney
• Flinders University

Funding

Support for this 2016 report has been provided by the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching.

Outcomes

Publications

• Final Report (Part A)
• Appendices (Part B)
• Achievement Statement

Website

Visit the Graduate Employability website.

More information

Contact the project team: esage@acer.edu.au