Curricula for Economic and Social Gain |
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| Authors: | Mantz Yorke Peter T Knight |
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| Institution: | (1) Liverpool John Moores University, I M Marsh Campus, Barkhill Road, Liverpool, L17 6BD, England;(2) The Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK6 7AA, England |
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| Abstract: | Economic success is an aim of governments around the world. Their ‘human capital’ stance towards higher education implies
the need to develop graduates’ capabilities to the full. The concept of graduate ‘employability’, currently being developed
in the light of theory and empirical data, is beginning to find acceptance in the UK. One of the keys to its acceptability
in higher education has been the alignment of employability with good learning – that is, learning that is manifested in complex
outcomes. However, the achievement of complex outcomes requires a programme-level focus, rather than a focus on individual
study units. This article reports on the way such a programme-level approach was adopted in four different universities in
the UK, and how relatively small-scale actions have the potential to augment students’ employability. The implications for
policy at the levels of the system, the higher education institution and the academic department are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | curriculum development curriculum structure economic gain employability higher education policy social gain student learning |
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