Mapping graduate employability and career development in higher education research
- Michael Healy, University of Southern Queensland
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Scholars in two fields of research, higher education and career development, have studied the characteristics and conditions that promote or constrain graduates’ career success. However, they have exchanged little theoretical or practical knowledge between them, despite their common interest in how students achieve positive career and employment outcomes. This presentation illustrates these parallel research agendas with visualisations of direct citation networks among graduate employability and career development research. Michael will describe the disciplinary landscapes that the citation networks reveal, identify themes within both fields of research, and identify areas in which some exchange is beginning to happen. This presentation will conclude with an argument that purposeful exchange between the two fields will enrich both, informing an evidence-based, integrative pedagogy of careers and employability learning in higher education.
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Michael is a careers and employability educator and doctoral candidate at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He leads the development of a range of careers and employability services and programs for students and collaborates with academic staff to integrate careers and employability learning into the curriculum. His PhD is exploring the pedagogy of careers and employability learning in higher education.
