REMPLOY Aims and Objectives

Aims and Objectives

The aim of Remploy is to build new knowledge on the Employability and to offer concrete answers to the Higher Education system by reframing the topic as a complex pedagogical construct. In addition, it takes a collaborative approach, as proposed by Ferns, Dawson & Howitt (2019), that actively involves a plurality of subjects, casting light on their experiences and representations (microlevel) and investigating the contextual conditions backing the transition from HE to work (mesolevel) within wider discourses, policies and practices (macrolevel).

Hence, REMPLOY involves HE teachers, students, employers, staff and professional body representatives in a mixed-method, multiple case study research project. The aim of this approach is to collect qualitative and quantitative data to investigate the employability framework of 5 MA courses in the Education and Training areas (LM50, LM57, LM85).

The objective is to use different kinds of data and tools to design a complex model of HE course employability that interrelates graduates’ “core competencies” (skills for life), course structures and work-related training resources (including curricula, experience-based didactics, traineeship and other forms of work-related learning), guidance services and other resources accompanying students in the transition to work, and the needs and expectations of students, teachers, employers, career guidance professionals, etc. This will benefit the overall system: besides the courses and universities involved in the project, the aim is to bring valuable knowledge to the HE system and the regional and national networks for education, training and work.