{"title":"No More Superheroes … Only Avatars? Survival Role Play in English Post Compulsory Education","authors":"C. Thompson, Peter Wolstencroft","doi":"10.1163/9789004375475_014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004375475_014","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":285459,"journal":{"name":"Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114804876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. T. Rodríguez, María Teresa Padilla Carmona, J. Monteagudo
{"title":"Learning Careers of Non-Traditional Students on Employability Skills","authors":"M. T. Rodríguez, María Teresa Padilla Carmona, J. Monteagudo","doi":"10.1163/9789004375475_010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004375475_010","url":null,"abstract":"The employability of graduates is a key aim of the Bologna process. Although university graduates are more likely to find a job than non-graduates, the current economic crisis has had an effect on the employability situation of graduates in Spain (Edvardsson et al., 2010; Tholen, 2012). Research indicates that nontraditional students have specific difficulties in achieving a smooth transition into the labour market (Brown & Hesketh, 2004). University graduates often face a lack of concordance between their university degrees and the demands of the labour market. This problem is exacerbated for non-traditional students who generally need more time than “traditional” students to find highly qualified jobs (Purcell, Wilton, & Elias, 2007). Furthermore, they are more likely to come across jobs which are below their qualification level and that are, therefore, less interesting and have lower salaries. There is also a mismatch between the graduates’ competences and employers’ expectations or needs. This study takes place within the EMPLOY project: a European research project in which six universities are taking part with the aim of improving the employability of non-traditional university students and graduates (youths and adults) in order to foster a smoother transition into the labour market. Research has, until now, been about the general topics of accessing the job market, and the experiences of non-traditional students who move from university to the labour market have been mostly ignored. This is why it is essential to gather opinions, experiences and perceptions of non-traditional students which take into account their points of view and subjective perspectives. To do so, we present the process and results of a qualitative analysis developed from biographical interviews with non-traditional students. This enables us to acquire new knowledge and perspectives concerning the employability of these students, as well as identifying if higher education institutions are responding to these students needs and endowing them with the competences necessary to carry out a successful transition to a qualified graduate level job.","PeriodicalId":285459,"journal":{"name":"Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131701569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Education Interrupted","authors":"Shanti I. Fernando, A. King","doi":"10.1163/9789004375475_005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004375475_005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":285459,"journal":{"name":"Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125768564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Participation and Persistence","authors":"A. King, Allyson Eamer, Nawal H. Ammar","doi":"10.1163/9789004375475_004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004375475_004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":285459,"journal":{"name":"Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers","volume":"110 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122797270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Galimberti, Barbara Merrill, A. Nizińska, José González-Monteagudo
{"title":"Conclusions","authors":"A. Galimberti, Barbara Merrill, A. Nizińska, José González-Monteagudo","doi":"10.1163/9789004375475_015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004375475_015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":285459,"journal":{"name":"Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126190575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stimulating Empowerment and Supporting Access to Learning for Formally Low-Qualified Adults","authors":"M. Kastner","doi":"10.1163/9789004375475_008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004375475_008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":285459,"journal":{"name":"Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133871359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Literacy Practices in Adult Learning Biographies","authors":"A. C. Silva, Marie Dionisio, Juliana Cunha","doi":"10.1163/9789004375475_011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004375475_011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":285459,"journal":{"name":"Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115824102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adults’ Learning and Career Temporalities in the Analysis of Professionalisation and Professional Identity Construction","authors":"P. Roquet","doi":"10.1163/9789004375475_012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004375475_012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":285459,"journal":{"name":"Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131122519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policies for Equality and Employability","authors":"Camilla Thunborg, A. Bron","doi":"10.1163/9789004375475_009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004375475_009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":285459,"journal":{"name":"Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133752887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inmates in Higher Education in Italy and Spain","authors":"G. Pillera","doi":"10.1163/9789004375475_006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004375475_006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":285459,"journal":{"name":"Continuity and Discontinuity in Learning Careers","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133448656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}