The Graduate Employability Indicators: capturing broader stakeholder perspectives on the achievement and importance of employability attributes.

With an increasing focus on academic standards, quality and graduate employability outcomes, Australian Higher Education institutions have a greater need to develop and utilise feedback mechanisms to assess and improve graduate employability outcomes. This paper reports on the development of the Gra...

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Main Authors: Oliver, Beverley, Hunt, L., Jones, S., Pearce, A., Hammer, S., Jones, Sue, Whelan, Barbara
Other Authors: Australian Universities Quality Agency
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Australian Universities Quality Agency 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4813
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author Oliver, Beverley
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Jones, S.
Pearce, A.
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description With an increasing focus on academic standards, quality and graduate employability outcomes, Australian Higher Education institutions have a greater need to develop and utilise feedback mechanisms to assess and improve graduate employability outcomes. This paper reports on the development of the Graduate Employability Indicators (GEI), a suite of surveys for graduates, employers and members of the course teaching team on the importance of 14 employment capabilities for graduate workplace success and their demonstration by new graduates up to five years out. These surveys have been developed through an ALTC grant, Building course team capacity for graduate employability, a collaborative project between Curtin University, RMIT University, University of Southern Queensland and Victoria University. The paper outlines the similarities and differences between the GEI and other indicators, such as the Australian Graduate Pathways Survey (GPS), the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE) and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), demonstrating its potential use in national and international benchmarking activities. Summary visual data on the perspectives of graduates from one of the pilot surveys is also provided to demonstrate the type of information that can be gleaned from the surveys.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-48132017-01-30T10:41:48Z The Graduate Employability Indicators: capturing broader stakeholder perspectives on the achievement and importance of employability attributes. Oliver, Beverley Hunt, L. Jones, S. Pearce, A. Hammer, S. Jones, Sue Whelan, Barbara Australian Universities Quality Agency With an increasing focus on academic standards, quality and graduate employability outcomes, Australian Higher Education institutions have a greater need to develop and utilise feedback mechanisms to assess and improve graduate employability outcomes. This paper reports on the development of the Graduate Employability Indicators (GEI), a suite of surveys for graduates, employers and members of the course teaching team on the importance of 14 employment capabilities for graduate workplace success and their demonstration by new graduates up to five years out. These surveys have been developed through an ALTC grant, Building course team capacity for graduate employability, a collaborative project between Curtin University, RMIT University, University of Southern Queensland and Victoria University. The paper outlines the similarities and differences between the GEI and other indicators, such as the Australian Graduate Pathways Survey (GPS), the Australasian Survey of Student Engagement (AUSSE) and the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), demonstrating its potential use in national and international benchmarking activities. Summary visual data on the perspectives of graduates from one of the pilot surveys is also provided to demonstrate the type of information that can be gleaned from the surveys. 2010 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4813 Australian Universities Quality Agency restricted
spellingShingle Oliver, Beverley
Hunt, L.
Jones, S.
Pearce, A.
Hammer, S.
Jones, Sue
Whelan, Barbara
The Graduate Employability Indicators: capturing broader stakeholder perspectives on the achievement and importance of employability attributes.
title The Graduate Employability Indicators: capturing broader stakeholder perspectives on the achievement and importance of employability attributes.
title_full The Graduate Employability Indicators: capturing broader stakeholder perspectives on the achievement and importance of employability attributes.
title_fullStr The Graduate Employability Indicators: capturing broader stakeholder perspectives on the achievement and importance of employability attributes.
title_full_unstemmed The Graduate Employability Indicators: capturing broader stakeholder perspectives on the achievement and importance of employability attributes.
title_short The Graduate Employability Indicators: capturing broader stakeholder perspectives on the achievement and importance of employability attributes.
title_sort graduate employability indicators: capturing broader stakeholder perspectives on the achievement and importance of employability attributes.
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4813