2012 Winter Forum: Employability
- Forum magazine
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Publication date
December 2012 -
Topics
- Learning, teaching & curriculum
- Student experience
Theme: Employability
Should your institution be doing more to help students find the right job when they graduate? In this issue, employability is explored from a variety of viewpoints. The EAIE Dublin 2012 conference report is presented, including an interview with Keynote Speaker, Sugata Mitra.
Table of contents
04 Editorial – Michael Cooper
06 Internationalisation and employability: are we missing a trick? – Elspeth Jones (*Editor's pick)
10 Eastern promise – Rachael Merola
The rise of Asia
12 How can universities deliver job-ready graduates? – Paul Blackmore
15 Internships as a bridge to deeper engagement – Irene Sheridan, Colm Barry-Murphy & Daithi Fallon
Create winning partnerships
18 Should employability be the main goal of universities? – Pushpinder Bhatia
Retaining academic standards
24 Employer Q&A
Defining the ideal graduate
26 How do students value international experience? – Emanuel Alfranseder & Julia Fellinger
The Erasmus Student Network Survey
29 Improve the employability of your students
10 things you can do
31 Perspectives – Adam John Newton
A graduate’s view on study abroad
32 Turning the page – EAIE
An interview with Gudrun Paulsdottir
36 Enrich your EAIE Istanbul experience
Top 10 city highlights
40 EAIE takes Dublin by storm
The conference evaluation
47 Twitter fountain
Your conference tweets
48 A time for debate
Dialogue reflections
52 Sugata Mitra – Elise Kuurstra & Sarah Fencott
An interview with the futuristic professor
57 2012 EAIE Winners –
Award winners, medal winners and more
61 Thank you
To our partner and sponsors
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