Changes in the Relationships Between Higher Education and the World of Work on the Way Towards the European Higher Education Area Prof. Dr. Ulrich Teichler Keynote speech at the EUA Conference “University and Society: Engaging Stakeholders”, Marseille, 1-3 April 2004
Teichler, Higher Education and the World of Work2 „Employability“ A core theme A highly relevant theme An add-on theme of the Bologna Process?
Teichler, Higher Education and the World of Work3 Employment and Work Dimensions of the Bologna Process Professional relevance of the Bachelor Emphasis on levels, not types of programmes Counteract steep hierarchies Support for professional mobility
Teichler, Higher Education and the World of Work4 Bologna: A Triangle of Conflicting Objectives Homogeneity Variety (between countries and cultures) Compatibility and Comparability Diversity (horizontal and vertical)
Teichler, Higher Education and the World of Work5 Study and Subsequent Employment: Changing Relationship Compatibility and comparability Homogeneity Diversity Horizontal Vertical Variety Countries Cultures
Teichler, Higher Education and the World of Work6 Employability: The Employment Issues To get a job at all Job search and recruitment Smooth transition Employment success Competence of managing one’s own career
Teichler, Higher Education and the World of Work7 Employability The Work Issues Match between field of study and occupation The complex link between study and work assignment The demand: transfer skills, work attitudes, values, social skills etc.
Teichler, Higher Education and the World of Work8 Employability The Misleading Term To many issues addressed To often: just getting a job Emphasis only on the „exchange value“ Biased critique of higher education Instead: „The professional relevance“?
Teichler, Higher Education and the World of Work9 Curricula and Professions in Europe Persistent variety amidst structural convergence of study programmes? Or convergence of substance as consequence of structural convergence?