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Abstract – Kurzbiografie – Publikationen 

Prof. Lee Harvey Phd, MA, Cert Ed, BA, Copenhagen Business School

„Employability and transformative learning“

The session will explore the concept of employability. It will differentiate between (a) employability as the development of a range of attributes designed for critical lifelong learning and (b) training for employment. The views of employers will be explored to see what they regard as effective graduates. The notion of employability will be related to the concept of transformative learning. Some suggestions will be made about how employability can be integrated into (rather than tacked onto) the learning and teaching situation.

Short Biography

Lee Harvey is Professor at the Copenhagen Business School. Prior to that he established and was Director of both the Centre for Research into Quality at the University of Central England in Birmingham and the Centre for Research and Evaluation at the Sheffield Hallam University. He was also Director of Research at the Higher Education Academy. Lee Harvey has wide experience of social research as a research methodologist and social philosopher. He has a teaching qualification alongside his masters in information technology and doctorate in sociology. He is widely published with over 35 books and research monographs and over 120 articles in international journals, books and compendiums. He has been a quality advisor to institutions across the world and is regularly invited to major international conferences and has given over 50 keynotes at such events.Professor Lee Harvey has been researching higher education issues since the early 1990s. His higher education research encompasses employability, diversity, quality, funding, learning and teaching and student feedback issues. He first explored employability issues as part of the Quality in Higher Education project (1992–1994), which included a study of employer perspectives, Employer Satisfaction (1994). Subsequent work included Graduates' Work, a seminal study for the Dearing Committee and the follow-up Work Experience: "Expanding opportunities for undergraduates" (1998). An analysis of the careers of art and design students followed, "Destinations and Reflection" (1999), which, a decade on is being replicated. Subsequent work focused on defining employability and exploring how employability was integrated into the curriculum in, for example, "Enhancing Employability, Recognising Diversity" (2002). This was followed by work on the role of careers services, international comparisons of employability development, and an analysis of the growth in graduate numbers in the UK. Recent work has returned to the issue of work placements, "Learning Through Work Placement and Beyond" (2006), and workforce development in "Institutional Research and Workforce Development" (2007).

Publications (selection)

• Little, B./Harvey, L. (2007): ‘UK work placements: a choice too far?’. In: Tertiary Education and Management. Vol. 13, No. 3, p. 227–45.
• Voorhees, R.A/Harvey, L. (Eds.) (2006): Institutional Research and Workforce Development: A Strategic Role for Institutional Research: New Directions for Institutional Research No. 128. New York: Josey-Bass.
• Little, B./Harvey, L. and Associates (2006): Learning Through Work Placement and Beyond. In: Higher Education Career Service Unit and Higher Education Academy.
• Cappuccini, G./Harvey, L./Williams, J./Bowers-Brown, T./McCaig, C./Sagu, S./MacDonald, M. (2005): Careers Advisory Services and International Students. Full report. In: Higher Education Career Service Unit and Higher Education Academy.