Overview

Within today’s globalized and uncertain labour markets, the connection between education and work has gone far beyond the notion of using a qualification/degree to obtain stable employment. Your post-study career success is determined by your capacities in both securing immediate employment and sustaining employment. This unit is, therefore, designed to … For more content click the Read More button below. In particular, it will look at aspects including: gaps between the worlds of education and work with a focus on examining how curricular and extra-curricular activities prepare you for requirements and expectations of industries, issues facing young people on education-to-work transitions and required resources for successful education-to-work transitions and employability sustainability. A particular theme in this unit will be how these aspects occur and are applied to students with specific needs that derive from their life situations; for example: migrants, international students and students with special needs. Obtaining insights about these aspects will enable you to critically evaluate the roles of schools and universities and other stakeholders in preparing and supporting you for post-study career development. You should also be able to identify plausible career pathways and effective strategies for successful employability negotiation.

Offerings

S1-01-CLAYTON-FLX-BLK

Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Dr Thanh Pham

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Thanh Pham

Teaching approach

Active learning

Assessment

1 - Portfolio and individual presentation (1600 words or equivalent)
2 - Critical analysis (2400 words or equivalent)

Scheduled and non-scheduled teaching activities

Lectures
Tutorials

Workload requirements

Workload

Learning resources

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