Employability in Context

Ly Thi Tran is Professor in the School of Education, Deakin University, Australia. Her work focuses on internationalisation of education, student mobilities, international student graduate employability, the New Colombo Plan, staff professional learning in international education and Vietnamese higher education. Nga Thi Hang Ngo is a Lecturer in the Faculty of General Education at Tay Bac University, Vietnam. Her research interests include education access and equity and employability for ethnic minorities. Hoa Thi Mai Nguyen is Associate Professor and Co-Chair of the Teacher Education and Development Research Group in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales, Australia, specialising in teacher education/development, mentoring and sociocultural theory. Truc Thi Thanh Le is a Lecturer of English at Humber College, Canada and Phu Xuan University, Vietnam. Her research activities and publications mainly focus on professional development and professional learning in international education and graduate employability.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Overview of employability development and higher education reforms.- Chapter 3: Employers’ demands on employability skills, knowledge and attributes.- Chapter 4: Employers’ assessment of professional skills and knowledge.- Chapter 5: Employability development from university perspectives.- Chapter 6: Employability demanded by the labour market from graduates’ perspectives.- Chapter 7: Labour market needs, skills gaps, employability development and the way forward.