Reimagining university curriculum for a disrupted future of work : partnership pedagogy

Universities across the globe are increasingly challenged to demonstrate the relevance and value of the education they offer to prospective students and employers of their graduates. Work on enhancing the employability of graduates has coalesced over the last 30 years into a distinct and influential sub-genre of educational research and scholarship (Barrie et al., 2009; Yorke, 2006). Employability has gained a new prominence as a challenge for higher education in recent years in part due to the increasingly rapid pace of change in the nature of the world of work. This has seen an increasing emphasis on the development of transferable and generic skills intended to buffer graduates against shifts in their professional situations, allowing them to be more adaptable and agile in dealing with an unpredictable employment landscape.