In Europe, language barriers and rigid hiring practices hinder international students from finding jobs calling for more flexible, inclusive recruitment.

Most HEIs can do more to ensure international graduates’ success after graduation.

Securing and succeeding in employment shouldn’t be solely the responsibility of graduates and job-seekers.

With skill shortages on the rise in developed economies, global internships offer one promising solution.

Discover how recent graduates can step into that first job in international education as they transition from education to the world of work.

What is the real impact of joint programmes on graduates’ career prospects? Recent studies provide a persuasive answer.

What makes a strong global leader, and how can diverse perspectives help them prepare for this success? Early access to international experiences is one key component.

Universities of applied sciences and arts can play a vital role in helping higher education institutions in the Global South to connect to their local labour markets.

How can mobility give students the biggest employability boost? The Erasmus Skills project offers some initial insights.

More people than ever are pursuing higher education, but are they graduating with the skills employers are looking for?

The effects of international experience on employability and salaries are not as straightforward as they may seem.

Businesses are increasingly looking for employees with the intrapersonal skills associated with international study experience.

The world of work is changing rapidly, and addressing these changes in meaningful ways is a topic of immense interest to educators, policymakers and the general public. Higher education is being asked to produce graduates with everything from hard skills to soft skills, self-awareness to intercultural competencies, field-specific knowledge to transversal talents, local insights to global sensitivities. The list of ideal graduate attributes is broad in both scope and complexity, all of which presents enormous challenges and exciting opportunities for the (international) higher education sector. This issue of Forum seeks to provide a range of insights into what the call for 'employability for the 21st century' means to international higher education professionals across Europe and beyond.

Critical thinking and ethical decision-making skills are necessary for students to have in order to sustain and further a global community. Not only that – they also must learn how to translate these skills into action.

This is the executive summary of a session at EAIE Prague 2014. During the session, speakers discussed about a comprehensive educational quality framework based on quality assessment practices used by OECD member countries, and presented key trends in higher education based on the OECD's September 2014 research report The State of Higher Education.

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.