Science students’ conceptions of factors that will differentiate them in the graduate employment market Jorre De St Jorre, Trina, Elliott, Joanne, Johnson, Elizabeth and Bisset, Stewart 2019, Science students’ conceptions of factors that will differentiate them in the graduate employment market, Journal of teaching and learning for graduate employability, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 27-41, doi: 10.21153/jtlge2019vol10no1art795. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Science students’ conceptions of factors that will differentiate them in the graduate employment market Author(s) Jorre De St Jorre, Trina orcid.org/0000-0001-7848-0305 Elliott, Joanne orcid.org/0000-0003-4923-0432 Johnson, Elizabeth orcid.org/0000-0002-7929-5272 Bisset, Stewart Journal name Journal of teaching and learning for graduate employability Volume number 10 Issue number 1 Start page 27 End page 41 Total pages 15 Publisher Deakin University Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Publication date 2019 ISSN 1838-3815 Summary To gain employment and a fulfilling career, students need to understand the skills and knowledge that are important and how to articulate and evidence their employability. Here we report on research investigating science students’ priorities related to immediate employment vs. long-term employability and the factors that students perceive as important to these. We interviewed 138 science students from four Australian universities and found that they were most focused on immediate employment. Students were keen to participate in opportunities to ‘value add’ to their degree, especially those that might help them to gain relevant work experience and professional networks. However, students’ understanding of the relative importance of experiences and skills that would enhance their employability was variable, as was their understanding of the career pathways that they might pursue. Our analysis highlights the importance of explicitly designing curriculum to help students understand the career opportunities available; the skills and abilities needed for diverse careers; and the experiences through which they might develop and evidence these. Furthermore, to engage students, we need to help them to address their greatest and most immediate concerns about gaining employment at graduation, while also setting them up for successful and fulfilling careers. Language eng DOI 10.21153/jtlge2019vol10no1art795 Indigenous content off Field of Research 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2019, Deakin University Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30121566 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (open access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 14 May 2019, 23:01:13 EST Tue, 14 May 2019, 23:02:03 EST Wed, 15 May 2019, 05:01:24 EST Wed, 15 May 2019, 06:04:05 EST Wed, 15 May 2019, 09:20:20 EST Wed, 22 May 2019, 06:06:07 EST Fri, 24 May 2019, 14:10:40 EST Fri, 24 May 2019, 14:13:19 EST Sat, 01 Jun 2019, 02:33:25 EST Thu, 12 Sep 2019, 09:28:09 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 257 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 14 May 2019, 23:02:03 EST

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