What is it about?

Employability is the agenda by which students are prepared by universities for work. There is a concern that this focus on student needs negates the needs of the children and young people with who they will eventually work.

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Why is it important?

It reminds us that definitions of need, including the need for employability, are political and that the needs of others may be ignored.

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This page is a summary of: Engaging with childhood: Student placements and the employability agenda, Childhood, October 2015, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0907568215608677.
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