Essay question
universities and employers engage with it.
Introduction
Background information / context:
Any terms that need to be defined:
Your position on the topic (this should become
your thesis statement):
Main body paragraph 1,2 students
Main idea for this paragraph (this will become
the topic sentence):
Supporting information/details/ examples:
Reference you will use to support your ideas:
Main body paragraph 3 universites
Main idea for this paragraph (this will become
the topic sentence):
Supporting information/details/ examples:
Reference you will use to support your ideas:
Main body paragraph 4 employers
Main idea for this paragraph (this will become
the topic sentence):
Supporting information/details/ examples:
Reference you will use to support your ideas:
Conclusion
Summary of your argument – refer back to your
thesis statement:
Examine what is meant by employability and critically evaluate how students,
Graduate; Undergraduate; higher education; employability skills→most
important. development in the future (how to develop).
stakeholders(government, employers, higher education institutions and
graduates); employability; development.
Student employability skills → （related to）→employers.
Stronger employability skills prior to lower employability.
1.Students, 2.universities,3. employers
Graduate(final year students); (Paragraph1)
Undergraduate(first and second year students);(Paragraph2)
Students→Many employability skills development (personality attributes, higher
education(can be developed), in the university(not sure)) .
Personal attributes can be developed→highly individual traits are deep
rooted(early age) →determine success, performance, career choices, others.
Tymon, A. (2013:) ‘The student perspective on Employability’ studies in Higher
Education. Vol.29(6), 841-856 Commented [张1]: Write page number and part of quote to
help you
University→Pre-professional identity; higher education(communities of practice);
employment.
Developing student identity with skills →To make them ready for employment
after university(PPI); prepare students which profession they want to choose(HE-
community of practice, landscape).
O'Leary and Jackson (2017) ‘Re-conceptualising graduate employability: student
identity and the importance of pre-professional identity’ higher education
research & development. Vol.35(5), 925-939
Employers→have the technical and disciplinary skills, including:teamwork,
communication, leadership, critical thinking, problem solving and management
skills.
operation of new graduates in the workplace. Employer→graduates(to have
specific skills such as logical thinking, fast learning, communication skills,
flexibility, ambition, high motivation, creativity, critical thinking, initiative,
teamwork and time management.)
Dwesini, N.(2017) ‘The role of Work-Integrated Learning(WIL) in enhancing
employability skills’ African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure,
Vol.6(2), 2223-814x
All stakeholders engage with employability→through development students
employability skills(personality attributes, higher education; PPI,HE; work
integrated learning). They can be developed.
However, university, WIL(not sure can help graduate to ready their future
employment problems).