The question of employability in the European Higher Education Area Cover Image

A foglalkoztathatóság kérdése az Európai Felsőoktatási Térségben
The question of employability in the European Higher Education Area

Author(s): Ildikó Hrubos
Subject(s): Education, Labor relations, Higher Education , Sociology of the arts, business, education, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Higher Education; Employability; Europe; Career tracking; Labor;

Summary/Abstract: Supporting increases in the economic competitiveness of Europe by putting a highly qualified workforce into the labor market has been one of the emphasised goals of European higher education reform (since 1999). Nevertheless, connecting up with the labor market has been one of the least successful elements of this reform. The reasons for the lack of success are very complex: an unclear definition of the goal itself, not defining properly the functions of different types of training programs and handling them inflexibly, misunderstanding the roles of labor market actors, and ignoring wider social interconnections. Many are searching for different ways out of this problem: a developing of qualification frameworks, the Tuning program, a system for career tracking and alumni, and providing current students with career planning services.

  • Issue Year: 19/2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 347-360
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Hungarian