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Michael Tomlinson
Researcher at University of Southampton
Publications - 53
Citations - 2836
Michael Tomlinson is an academic researcher from University of Southampton. The author has contributed to research in topics: Higher education & Employability. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 47 publications receiving 2063 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael Tomlinson include Keele University & Cardiff University.
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'The degree is not enough' : students' perceptions of the role of higher education credentials for graduate work and employability
TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative study with 53 final-year undergraduate students in a pre-1992 university showed that students perceive their academic qualifications as having a declining role in shaping their employment outcomes in what is perceived to be a congested and competitive graduate labour market.
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Graduate Employability: A Review of Conceptual and Empirical Themes
TL;DR: The authors provide an overview of some of the dominant empirical and conceptual themes in the area of graduate employment and employability over the past decade, and argue for a broader understanding of employability than that offered by policymakers.
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Graduate employability and student attitudes and orientations to the labour market
TL;DR: This article examined the way students, making the transition from higher education into the labour market, construct, understand and begin to manage their employability, and examined their different orientations and attitudes to work and careers through the development of an ideal-type model.
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Forms of graduate capital and their relationship to graduate employability
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a new model on graduate employability, linked to five areas of capital which are seen as constitutive of graduates' employability and significant to their transitions to the labour market.
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Student perceptions of themselves as ‘consumers’ of higher education
TL;DR: This paper conducted a qualitative study with students across seven different UK higher education institutions and found that while there is evidence of growing identification with a consumer-oriented approach, this does not fundamentally capture their perspectives and relationships to higher education.