Social Research

Employability research and publications  

Aggett, M. (2016) The role of placements in the talent management process. In: Horner, S. (2016) Talent Management in Hospitality and Tourism. Goodfellow Publishers.

Aggett, M. & Busby, G. (2011) Opting out of internship: perceptions of hospitality, tourism and events management undergraduates at a British university. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education 10(1), pp. 106-113

Beaumont, E. Gedye, S. and Richardson, S. (2016). ‘Am I employable?’: Understanding students' employability confidence and their perceived barriers to gaining employment. Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism Education, Volume 19, Pages 1-9. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1473837616300259

GEES Employability Guide – Old now but produced here at Plymouth and provides good coverage and practical ideas. https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/system/files/gees_guides_employability_within_geography.pdf

Heffernan, T. et al (2010) Employability and Marketing Education: Insights from the UK. http://www.anzmac.org/app/webroot/conference_archive/2010/pdf/anzmac10Final00140.pdf

Huang, R. (2013) International experience and graduate employability: Perceptions of Chinese international students in the UK. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1473837613000154

Murray, P. & Murray, S. "Promoting sustainability values within career‐oriented degree programmes: A case study analysis", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, (2007) Vol. 8 Iss: 3, pp.285-300 
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/14676370710817156

Shadbolt, N. (2016) Review of Computer Science degree accreditation and graduate employability. Department for Business Innovation and Skills. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/computer-science-degree-accreditation-and-graduate-employability-shadbolt-review

Vickerstaffe, R. (2015) Implementation of technological enhanced learning and impact on employability and learning within engineering and education frameworks. https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk//handle/10026.1/3312

Wakeham, W. (2016) Review of STEM Degree provision and Graduate Employability. Department for Business Innovation and Skills. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/stem-degree-provision-and-graduate-employability-wakeham-review

Pegg, A. Waldock, J. Hendy-Isaac, S. & Lawton, R. (2012) Pedagogy for employability. HEA. York. https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/system/files/pedagogy_for_employability_update_2012.pdf

PGCAP Employability and Enterprise reading list 

N.B add to this list with your publications related to employability. Please email the details to ed@plymouth.ac.uk