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Higher education and employability skills: barriers and facilitators of employer engagement at local level
Título Revista
Education Sciences
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2021
Língua
Inglês
País
Suíça
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Abstract/Resumo
This research examines the barriers and facilitators to employers’ engagement with higher education institutions. The data were collected through interviews with a set of employers (n = 19) in the Northern region of Portugal, V.N.de Famalicão, in 2019. We begin by exploring employers’ engagement activities as a potential solution to address local-level skill problems. Empirical evidence suggests that the engagement activities are mostly passive as firms use higher education largely as a recruitment channel. The differences in organizational goals and culture are the most cited barriers to the lack of more active engagement. Some efforts have recently been made to strengthen the ties between higher education and employers, notably through a local multi-stakeholder partnership as a potential broker. However, it will take time for this to bear fruit and contribute to reducing skill gaps and shortages. The data show that despite employers’ apparent willingness, more effort must be made to encourage active engagement
Agradecimentos/Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the employers, local stakeholders and members of Famalicão Made IN for sharing their invaluable time, experience and materials without which we would not have been able to conduct this research
Palavras-chave
Higher education,Employers’ engagement,Employability,Multi-stakeholder partnership
Classificação Fields of Science and Technology
- Psicologia - Ciências Sociais
- Ciências da Educação - Ciências Sociais
- Ciências Políticas - Ciências Sociais
Registos de financiamentos
Referência de financiamento | Entidade Financiadora |
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PTDC/SOC-SOC/30016/2017 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
UIDB/03127/2020 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
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