Graduate attributes: implications for higher education practice and policy: Introduction

Hill, Jennifer; Walkington, Helen; France, Derek

Abstract

The higher education landscape is shifting under neo-liberal forces that are increasingly aligning the goals of business, government and education. This shift is engendering debate around the world about the role of higher education institutions in producing employable graduates to feed national prosperity in the emerging knowledge economy. As this evolution continues, we need to consider how we enhance generic graduate capabilities as well as the disciplinary expertise of our undergraduate students. Our graduates should possess the knowledge, skills and values to enable them to cope with dynamic employment opportunities, but they must also understand, through the benefits and constraints of their disciplinary perspectives, who they are and how they might contribute positively to the heterogeneity they will encounter in their local, regional and global communities.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 25, 2016
• Publication Date: Apr 2, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jun 30, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 13, 2017
• Journal: Journal of Geography in Higher Education
• Print ISSN: 0309-8265
• Electronic ISSN: 1466-1845
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 155-163
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2016.1154932
• Keywords: graduate attributes, higher education
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/919782
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2016.1154932
• Contract Date: Jun 30, 2016