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In recent years, three major trends have been identified that affect the demands that higher education graduates face. The first is the increasing emphasis on education and training, the second the increasing volatility of labour market processes, and the third the increasing internationalisation and globalisation. These trends give rise to new demands on the competencies with which individuals need to be equipped. There are good reasons to believe that higher education graduates are expected to be more or less competent in at least the following five areas: professional expertise, functional flexibility, innovation and knowledge management, mobilisation of human resources and international orientation. In this chapter, we sketch the policy background against which the reflex project was launched and provide an overview of the project itself. The chapter concludes with a brief outline of the subsequent chapters.keywordshigh educationlabour marketknowledge managementhigh education institutionknowledge societythese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society: New Challenges for Higher Education
EditorsJ. Allen, R.K.W. Van der Velden
Place of PublicationDordrecht
PublisherSpringer
Pages1-14
ISBN (Print)978-94-007-1352-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2011

Publication series

SeriesHigher Education Dynamics
Number35

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