Episode 3 - Enhancing Graduate Employability with Yangeni Chendela

Graduates’ employment outcomes remain a critical factor for all stakeholders in the sector. Positive graduate outcomes enhance students’ aspirations for a university, accountability to the government for funding, and as a proxy for university quality and curriculum relevance. However, with high unemployment rate, graduates feel unprepared for the world of work, while employers perceive graduates as lacking core employability soft-skills. Academics on their part struggle to integrate employability skills in the curriculum. Furthermore, globalisation, diversity in society and workplace, call for graduates with social and humane values.