ABSTRACT

Building on new theories about the meaning of employability in the twenty-first century and the power of social and cultural capital in enabling access to economic opportunities, Essays on Employer Engagement in Education considers how employer engagement is delivered and explores the employment and attainment outcomes linked to participation.

Introducing international policy, research and conceptual approaches, contributors to the volume illustrate the role of employer engagement within schooling and the life courses of young people. The book considers employer engagement within economic and educational contexts and its delivery and impact from a global perspective. The work explores strategic approaches to the engagement of employers in education and concludes with a discussion of the implications for policy, practice and future research.

Essays on Employer Engagement in Education will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students engaged in the study of careers guidance, work-related learning, teacher professional development, the sociology of education, educational policy and human resource management. It will also be essential reading for policymakers and practitioners working for organisations engaging employers in education.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|16 pages

‘Employers at the heart of the system?’

The role of employers in qualification development

chapter 3|15 pages

Who is getting prepared?

Year 11 students’ views on careers education and work experience in English secondary schools

chapter 4|15 pages

Competences, capabilities and capitals

Conceptual paradigms in the educational-employment relationship

chapter 5|16 pages

Socialised social capital?

The capacity of schools to use careers provision to compensate for social capital deficiencies among teenagers

chapter 6|15 pages

Tell it like it is

Education and employer engagement, freelance and self-employment

chapter 7|15 pages

‘Selling the dream’

Stakeholder perceptions of the translation of employability policy into university strategy

chapter 8|14 pages

‘My brother’s football teammate’s dad was a pathologist’

Serendipity and employer engagement in medical careers

chapter 9|14 pages

Someone in your life who really believes in you

Evidence and practice in employer mentoring

chapter 10|16 pages

Aligning school to work

Assessing the impact of employer engagement in young people’s transitions from education to work

chapter 11|13 pages

Ethnographies of work and possible futures

New ways for young people to learn about work and choose a meaningful first career

chapter 13|15 pages

Young people in the labour market

How teenage employer engagement makes a difference to adult outcomes 1

chapter 14|16 pages

Insiders or outsiders, who do you trust?

Engaging employers in school-based career activities

chapter 15|11 pages

Between two worlds

Linking education and employment

chapter 16|7 pages

Conclusions Implications for policy, practice and research

Employer engagement: what’s there still to talk about?