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The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society

New Challenges for Higher Education

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Jim Allen

    1. , Research Centre for Education and the La, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

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  2. Rolf van der Velden

    1. , Research Centre for Education and the La, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

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  • More actual information on higher education and work than any other data set at present
  • Indispensable for policy makers who want to learn how higher education should prepare for the knowledge society
  • Helps graduates prepare for the world of tomorrow

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics (HEDY)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  2. Introduction

    • Jim Allen, Rolf van der Velden
    Pages 1-14

  3. The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society: Required Competences and the Role of Higher Education

    • Rolf van der Velden, Jim Allen
    Pages 15-53

  4. The Professional Work of Graduates

    • Harald Schomburg
    Pages 55-81

  5. “Being Flexible”: Graduates Facing Changes in Their Work Environment

    • Julien Calmand, Michela Frontini, Michele Rostan
    Pages 83-109

  6. Graduates in the Knowledge and Innovation Society

    • Jean-Jacques Paul
    Pages 111-137

  7. Mobilization of Human Resources

    • Jim Allen
    Pages 139-176

  8. International Dimensions of Higher Education and Graduate Employment

    • Ulrich Teichler
    Pages 177-197

  9. Winners and Losers

    • Liv Anne Støren, Clara Åse Arnesen
    Pages 199-240

  10. Conclusions and Policy Implications

    • Rolf van der Velden, Jim Allen
    Pages 241-253

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 255-259
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Higher education policy has increasingly gained a European dimension, with its own distinct influence over national education policies. Against this background, a major project was launched, the REFLEX project, which aims to make a contribution to assessing the demands that the modern knowledge society places on higher education graduates, and the degree to which higher education institutions in Europe are up to the task of equipping graduates with the competencies needed to meet these demands. The project also looks at how the demands, and graduates’ ability to realise them, is influenced by the way in which work is organised in firms and organisations. The REFLEX project has been carried out in sixteen different countries and consisted of a large scale survey among some 70.000 graduates. This report presents the major findings and draws important policy implications.

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  • , Research Centre for Education and the La, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands

    Jim Allen, Rolf van der Velden

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