SkOP ¦ Season 2 – Episode 2 ¦ The employability agenda in Higher Education

Jun 1, 2021

Produced by Ashmita Randhawa (@Rand_Ash) and James Robson (@elpug). Edited by Laura Dong. Music composed and performed by Francis Pugh and the Whisky Singers.

Guests : Professor Paul Ashwin, Head of Department, Educational Research, Lancaster University (@paulashwin) ¦ Minto Felix, DPhil student, Department of Education, University of Oxford (@MintoFelix)

In a Covid and post-Covid context, with a deep recession and one of the most challenging youth labour markets we’ve seen in the UK since the 80s, the issues of employability and the purpose of Higher Education (HE) are becoming all the more urgent. Therefore, today we’re joined by two fantastic guests, Professor Paul Ashwin and Minto Felix, to discuss the relationship between HE and the labour market.