Embeddedness of employability in tertiary education of Bangladesh

While undergoing a neoliberal policy shift, Bangladeshi universities struggle to meet parents' and graduates' expectations of economic outcomes. The heavily debated mass expansion of universities conflicts with the classical goals of higher education and results in increasing inflation of...

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Autor: Bayezid, Asif
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Employability
Higher education
Policy enactment
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spelling Embeddedness of employability in tertiary education of Bangladeshexploring policy and praxisBayezid, AsifEmployabilityHigher educationPolicy enactmentWhile undergoing a neoliberal policy shift, Bangladeshi universities struggle to meet parents' and graduates' expectations of economic outcomes. The heavily debated mass expansion of universities conflicts with the classical goals of higher education and results in increasing inflation of unemployed graduates. Hence, it is essentialto investigate the practitioners' awareness and the level of the policy's enactment in reality as per Ball's framework of policy enactment in educational institutions. This qualitative research aims to understand the policy's gaps and implementation better. In this regard, I interviewed sixteen high-level academics from the country's one of the oldest public universities due to their dual involvement in policy-making and execution. The results unveil concerning truths. The university lacks a definition of employability due to the issue never being debated as it is disregarded as a classical goal by academics. Consequently, faculty members take hold of career advising in a quasi-formal modality without students' career support services. The findings give birth to more thought-provoking questions, and initial policy recommendations are made to formalise employability development and address competitive advantages. This study will be of value to those involved with higher education policy-making and employability development.Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Ciències Polítiques i de SociologiaUniversity of GlasgowValiente, Oscar 22022-01-0120222022-01-01Treball de fi de postgrauhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccVoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/269326reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre i quan aquestes es distribueixin sota la mateixa llicència que regula l'obra original i es reconegui l'autoria.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2693262026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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exploring policy and praxis
title Embeddedness of employability in tertiary education of Bangladesh
spellingShingle Embeddedness of employability in tertiary education of Bangladesh
Bayezid, Asif
Employability
Higher education
Policy enactment
title_short Embeddedness of employability in tertiary education of Bangladesh
title_full Embeddedness of employability in tertiary education of Bangladesh
title_fullStr Embeddedness of employability in tertiary education of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Embeddedness of employability in tertiary education of Bangladesh
title_sort Embeddedness of employability in tertiary education of Bangladesh
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bayezid, Asif
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University of Glasgow
Valiente, Oscar
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Employability
Higher education
Policy enactment
topic Employability
Higher education
Policy enactment
description While undergoing a neoliberal policy shift, Bangladeshi universities struggle to meet parents' and graduates' expectations of economic outcomes. The heavily debated mass expansion of universities conflicts with the classical goals of higher education and results in increasing inflation of unemployed graduates. Hence, it is essentialto investigate the practitioners' awareness and the level of the policy's enactment in reality as per Ball's framework of policy enactment in educational institutions. This qualitative research aims to understand the policy's gaps and implementation better. In this regard, I interviewed sixteen high-level academics from the country's one of the oldest public universities due to their dual involvement in policy-making and execution. The results unveil concerning truths. The university lacks a definition of employability due to the issue never being debated as it is disregarded as a classical goal by academics. Consequently, faculty members take hold of career advising in a quasi-formal modality without students' career support services. The findings give birth to more thought-provoking questions, and initial policy recommendations are made to formalise employability development and address competitive advantages. This study will be of value to those involved with higher education policy-making and employability development.
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