Exploring changes in perceived employability in Australian engineering undergraduates: A pilot study
The paper is part of a pilot study exploring how undergraduate engineering students at one Australian university perceive their own employability development over the span of their degree. The paper outlines approaches to defining employability and the individual factors within employability. Stude...
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The paper is part of a pilot study exploring how undergraduate engineering students at one Australian university perceive their own employability development over the span of their degree. The paper outlines approaches to defining employability and the individual factors within employability. Students across a range of year levels were surveyed about their perceived employability, which refers to how likely it is that an individual believes they will be able to gain employment. The paper discusses the survey results and finds that perceived employability drops as students progress through the year levels of their degree. The study strengthens previous research in this area, and reinforces the need for universities to ensure that students are supported as they enter the labour market to become the engineering professionals of the future.
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| spelling | doaj-art-df3914558cbc4793861f9d74993275d22024-12-11T05:45:31ZengDeakin UniversityJournal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability1838-38152024-12-0115110.21153/jtlge2024vol15no1art1501Exploring changes in perceived employability in Australian engineering undergraduates: A pilot studySimon Howell0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9833-3094Wayne Hall1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9441-9619David Geelan2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7455-0713School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith UniversitySchool of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith UniversitySchool of Education, The University of Notre Dame Australia The paper is part of a pilot study exploring how undergraduate engineering students at one Australian university perceive their own employability development over the span of their degree. The paper outlines approaches to defining employability and the individual factors within employability. Students across a range of year levels were surveyed about their perceived employability, which refers to how likely it is that an individual believes they will be able to gain employment. The paper discusses the survey results and finds that perceived employability drops as students progress through the year levels of their degree. The study strengthens previous research in this area, and reinforces the need for universities to ensure that students are supported as they enter the labour market to become the engineering professionals of the future. https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/jtlge/article/view/1501 |
| spellingShingle | Simon Howell Wayne Hall David Geelan Exploring changes in perceived employability in Australian engineering undergraduates: A pilot study Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability |
| title | Exploring changes in perceived employability in Australian engineering undergraduates: A pilot study |
| title_full | Exploring changes in perceived employability in Australian engineering undergraduates: A pilot study |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring changes in perceived employability in Australian engineering undergraduates: A pilot study |
| title_short | Exploring changes in perceived employability in Australian engineering undergraduates: A pilot study |
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| url | https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/jtlge/article/view/1501 |
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