Enhancing engineering employability in the 21st century; handling uncertainty and complexity through 'new entrepreneurship'

Byrne, Edmond P.

Enhancing engineering employability in the 21st century; handling uncertainty and complexity through 'new entrepreneurship'

dc.contributor.author	Byrne, Edmond P.
dc.date.accessioned	2014-08-12T15:22:41Z
dc.date.available	2014-08-12T15:22:41Z
dc.date.issued	2012-07
dc.date.updated	2014-06-26T09:05:08Z
dc.description.abstract	Universities, professional bodies and governments prioritise graduate employability and seek these through ‘generic’, ‘soft’, ‘entrepreneurial’ and 'transferable’ skills. The UK’s Higher Education Academy published a list of 39 ‘aspects of employability’ to assist in the ‘examination of curricula from [the] point of view of employability’ (Yorke and Knight, 2006). These capabilities generally align with good pedagogical practice and include for example, critical analysis’, ‘reflectiveness’, ‘creativity’ and ‘coping with complexity’. However, some clearly appear to focus on interests that align more specifically with business aspirations such as for example, ‘stress tolerance’, ‘influencing’, ‘arguing for and/or justifying a point of view’.	en
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Accepted Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	BYRNE, E. P. 2012. Enhancing engineering employability in the 21st century; handling uncertainty and complexity through 'new entrepreneurship'. In: ISEE (International Symposium for Engineering Education), 4th International Symposium for Engineering Education ISEE 2012, Educating the Engineers of Tomorrow. University of Sheffield, England 19-20 Jul 2012.	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/1619
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	International Symposium for Engineering Education	en
dc.relation.ispartof	4th International Symposium for Engineering Education (ISEE 2012), The University of Sheffield, England
dc.relation.uri	http://www.ucc.ie/en/media/academic/processengineering/publicationspresentations/ByrneISEE2012NewEntrepreneurship.pdf
dc.relation.uri	http://isee2012.group.shef.ac.uk/proceedings.html
dc.subject	Graduate employability	en
dc.subject	Transferable skills	en
dc.subject	Engineering education	en
dc.subject	Engineering profession	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Engineering--Study and teaching	en
dc.title	Enhancing engineering employability in the 21st century; handling uncertainty and complexity through 'new entrepreneurship'	en
dc.type	Conference item	en