There is an expectation that students will exit education having developed employability skills to be successful in their chosen occupation.
But how do students understand the meaning of employability and in particular what ideas are embedded in the meaning?
If we understand employability to be a set of skills to do and get a job, do we just therefore refer to “transferable skills”?
From research and in contrast to some of the literature, students’ understanding of employability goes beyond simple listing of “transferable” skills.
