Universities and the Labour Market: Graduate Transitions from Education to Employment

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Magdalena Jelonek

Universities and the Labour Market

Graduate Transitions from Education to Employment

Magdalena Jelonek

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Routledge
25 September 2023

Society & culture: general; Sociology: work & labour; Adult education, continuous learning; Employment & unemployment; Human geography

Series: Routledge Studies in Labour Economics

Debate surrounding the employability of graduates has been around for many decades, and interest in this area has grown particularly since the start of this century. Tackling this relevant area of scholarship, this book uses an innovative approach to analyse the relationship between the university and the labour market from different perspectives, taking into account both sociological and economic theories. Key areas explored include work transition, graduate employability, and the effects of public interventions/initiatives which are aimed at matching the competences of graduates to labour market needs.

The chapters summarise several years of author original research, including study on the employability of graduates in Poland more specifically, and the effects of their public interventions to increase graduate employment and facilitate entry into the workforce (e.g. Commissioned Fields of Study, Competences Development Programme). More generally, university – labour market relations are analysed from three perspectives: micro (understood as individual characteristics shaping educational and occupational choices and decisions), and meso and macro (e.g. features of the education system and such as the strength of the signal sent by HE diplomas; the macroeconomic situation and the condition of the labour market and the state of debate on general and employability competences and its implications). The conclusions made are pertinent given ongoing debates around graduate mismatch in the labour market, as well as the questioning of tuition fees and the role of the university in society more broadly.

The interdisciplinary nature of this book makes it of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the areas of sociology, economy, public policy, and also to practitioners designing educational interventions themselves.

By: Magdalena Jelonek
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367742287
ISBN 10: 0367742284
Series: Routledge Studies in Labour Economics
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 25 September 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Magdalena Jelonek is a sociologist and assistant professor at the Cracow University of Economics, and researcher (adjunct) at Centre for Evaluation and Analysis of Public Policies at Jagiellonian University, Poland. Her current research interests are: evaluation of public policy, HE sector analysis, human capital, transition from HE to the labour market and methodology of the social sciences (e.g. survey research, quasi-experimental design). She took part in dozens of research projects (as a team member or project leader). One of these projects is the Study of Human Capital in Poland – a series of longitudinal nation-wide surveys for monitoring competence, skill gaps and mismatches in polish labour market.