{"title":"Discourses on Employability in Higher Education and Perceptions of the Labour Market Among Undergraduates in France","authors":"Claire Bonnard","doi":"10.1111/ejed.70107","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The massification of higher education in France has raised a number of questions about the transition of students to the labour market, leading to a series of reforms, in particular the vocationalisation of undergraduate courses. This includes reforms aimed at equipping students with professional skills and helping them to enter the labour market. The aim of this article is to analyse how these trends and the underlying discourse of employability influence students' perceptions of the labour market and their use of resources during their academic careers. Using a qualitative survey conducted at a French university, the study shows that undergraduates mainly adopt an individualised view of employability, focusing on the personal qualities needed to succeed in a competitive job market. However, it also underlines that students' perceptions are shaped by their disciplinary background, but also by their social and academic environment, as well as by their first experiences on the labour market.</p>","PeriodicalId":47585,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Education","volume":"60 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ejed.70107","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"European Journal of Education","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejed.70107","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
The massification of higher education in France has raised a number of questions about the transition of students to the labour market, leading to a series of reforms, in particular the vocationalisation of undergraduate courses. This includes reforms aimed at equipping students with professional skills and helping them to enter the labour market. The aim of this article is to analyse how these trends and the underlying discourse of employability influence students' perceptions of the labour market and their use of resources during their academic careers. Using a qualitative survey conducted at a French university, the study shows that undergraduates mainly adopt an individualised view of employability, focusing on the personal qualities needed to succeed in a competitive job market. However, it also underlines that students' perceptions are shaped by their disciplinary background, but also by their social and academic environment, as well as by their first experiences on the labour market.
期刊介绍：
The prime aims of the European Journal of Education are: - To examine, compare and assess education policies, trends, reforms and programmes of European countries in an international perspective - To disseminate policy debates and research results to a wide audience of academics, researchers, practitioners and students of education sciences - To contribute to the policy debate at the national and European level by providing European administrators and policy-makers in international organisations, national and local governments with comparative and up-to-date material centred on specific themes of common interest.
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
京公网安备 11010802042870号
