Higher education and work

Setting a new research agenda Higher education and work consists of two papers. The first provides an analysis of research on graduate employment in South Africa and reflects on the state of research on graduate employment and unemployment in South Africa, while the second looks at the challenges facing the education, training and employment of South Africa’s scientific labour force.

HSRC Press

Product Information

Format:

148mm x 210mm

Pages:

ISBN-13:

978-07969-2118-5

Publish Year:

2006

Rights:

World Rights

Preface
In Memoriam Charlton Koen (19642005)
Tribute to a Friend, Confidant, Mentor and Colleague Charlton Koen (1964 2005)
Acronyms

Paper One
An Analysis of Research on Graduate Employment in South Africa

Paper Two
Challenges Facing the Education, Training and Employment of South Africas Scientific Labour Force

Charlton Koen: Contribution to South African Higher Education Studies
Farewell My Friend

Charlton Koen (19642005) was a Chief Researcher in the Education, Science and Skills Development Research Programme of the HSRC, with a special interest in the field of Higher Education Studies. He held a Masters degree in Sociology from UWC, and was in the process of completing his doctorate with the same institution at the time of his death. Prior to joining the HSRC, he was a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at UWC and then a researcher with the Education Policy Unit at UWC (now the Centre for the Study of Higher Education).