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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 Africas scientific labour force.

The development of South Africas scientific labour force forms part of a larger project of human resource development at universities, technikons, science councils, government departments and research agencies and the author examines the state of high-level knowledge production at universities and technikons as from 2000. He describes the state of masters and doctoral training, the quality of the academic workforce, and the state of research output.

In addition to the strategic importance of the analysis and the academic contribution that the ideas presented make, the publication is a tribute to the talented of the two papers, Charlton Koen, who passed away in 2005.

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Format : 148mm x 210mm
Pages : 62
ISBN 10 : 0-7969-2118-0
ISBN 13 : 978-07969-2118-5
Publish Year : 2006

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

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