Graduate employment and social good

Employability is a concept that should be considered as economic growth outside of the bubble. Higher education administered by the labor market, but not the needs of society. Higher education, it should be for everyone, and a human right.

The European Students' Union or ESU our entire community to come together on the development of higher education is recommended. An institution of higher education is not only responsible for global development. ESU everyone the best, unbiased contributions that will end only when it sees the development of higher education as a puzzle.

Consensus

Current trends in higher education should be based on in-depth discussion of values ​​and priorities of the society we live in discussions on the future of higher education, has opened.

The consensus view and to achieve the objective, instead of the higher education and who is authorized to talk about the debate focused on the cooperation between all actors is very important.

ESU higher education is a public good and social responsibility. Therefore, they want to build everyone and higher education must be any word on what kind of society they want to achieve.

Students and representatives of the main actors in higher education, and local, national and international levels is an important contribution to the reform.

At European level, the 47 national associations from 39 countries representing 13.5 million ESU students, brings together. The students of higher education in the development of policies and projects and bring forward a decision on further steps.

Student graduates work in progress, or SAGE, employment and contribute to the development of policies for the protection of an independent research and educational development and learning in higher education, one of the ESU projects.

Thanks to the research of one of them in charge of the project, a study of graduate employment in Europe is a clear distinction between the work of employment and employment will be published in the fall of 2013.

Despite being one of the high concept and the environment - not to be confused with the purchase of Employability concept of the actual work, making sure that the process of learning, achievement and the potential to get a job is defined as a graduate.

What is the case?

First Declaration of the Sorbonne in 1998, one of the main ideas behind the work was adapted to the European higher education system. However, the definition of employment has changed over time.

Graduate employment '' Prague Communiqué (19 May 2001), as this clarity, the "Bologna Declaration (19 June 1999), the case" has been referred to as the employment of citizens.

Today, the various actors in the field of higher education, the education system have been weakened by the political expression of misunderstandings and confusion caused by different definitions of the term is applied.

"Employability training complex and it derives from the" basic "and" basic skills to a broader concept, "Manta Yorker Learning & jobs, writes in one Series. These values ​​are only added value. Also, the hiring of new graduates is just a symptom." It must be constantly renewed throughout a person's working life, "she claims.

This reflects the particular circumstances of the case and the ways students will develop a strong social dimension, it is important to remember that one.

To create an education system that reflects the society we live in, we go back to the basics and offer higher education coordinated by the Council of Europe member states that serve multiple purposes, you need to know:

• Preparation for the labor market.
• Preparation for active citizenship in a democratic society.
• Staff development.
• Development and maintenance of a wide range of advanced knowledge base.

Threats and Results

Higher education plays in the development of a democratic society, that is, short-term goals, focusing on individual benefits and private employment narrow definitions of a good education, undermining a key role.

Misconceptions about employment hinder the development of higher education and academic values ​​and promote them within the system, because there is a danger of increasing co modification and privatization.

The latter two concepts are quite similar and both of them instrumentalisation and changing the perception of education - a resource for purely economic factor in the transformation and progress.

The privatization of the operation of private institutions of higher education institutions have a tendency to apply the rules of the co modification of higher education is to deal with the increasingly refers to the way in the industry.

Results of the threats to the national education budget for higher education, the introduction of tuition fees and cuts to the higher education elitist approach is more limited. Students will also become consumers or sometimes even a product.

Students are not the users of the system, nor are consumers. They share their knowledge, experience and expertise to actively contribute to the reform and development of higher education partners.

In addition, they, together with other partners to create a common ground for discussions and objective approach to higher education as a tool for social development is coming.

* Michael Tolentino and Novena Vuksanovic Frederickson is a member of the Executive Committee of the European Students' Union.