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Towards a National Graduate Destinations Survey in Kenya: An Exploratory Study of Three Universities

McCowan, T; Oanda, I; Oketch, M; (2018) Towards a National Graduate Destinations Survey in Kenya: An Exploratory Study of Three Universities. Higher Education Policy , 31 (1) pp. 97-119. 10.1057/s41307-017-0044-x. Green open access

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Abstract

While concerns about graduate unemployment and the work-readiness of graduates in Sub-Saharan Africa abound, there is a severe lack of institutional data and academic research on graduate destinations on which to base policy changes. This article presents findings from an exploratory study of three major higher education institutions in Kenya. An online survey was conducted with recent graduates in a range of disciplinary areas, aiming to determine, first, what employment activities they were engaged in, and second, what associations there might be between those activities, the graduates’ background characteristics, and their experiences at university. Findings suggest that proportions of absolute unemployment are lower than expected, but that many graduates are transiting between provisional or part-time employment and internships, and have not yet obtained the graduate level jobs aspired to. Finally, implications are drawn out for potential national-level graduate destination surveys in Kenya and elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Type: Article
Title: Towards a National Graduate Destinations Survey in Kenya: An Exploratory Study of Three Universities
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1057/s41307-017-0044-x
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41307-017-0044-x
Language: English
Additional information: © International Association of Universities 2017. This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: African higher education; employability; graduate destinations survey; graduate employment Kenyan universities
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1546311
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