scientific diffusion Seminars and Agenda Higher education expansion and labour market restructuring
Higher education expansion and labour market restructuring
Session open to invited researchers
PROGRAMME
Morning
9h30-10
Coffee and welcome
10-10h15
Introduction: the aims and objectives og the Pathfinder programme and the projetct – Peter Elias (ESRC, UK) and Kate Purcell (IER, Warwick University)
10h30-13 h
Economic restructuring, occupational changes and labour market opportunities for higher education in Brazil, India and the UK.
10h15-11h15 – Brazil - Alvaro Comin (USP e CEBRAP/CEM), Adalberto Cardoso (IESP/UERJ)
11h15-12 h – Índia - Jeemol Unni (Índia / Institute of Rural Management, Anand) and Exploring increasing Graduate Intensity in Occupations in India, by Jeemol Unni
12h15-13 h – UK - Peter Elias (UK, ESCR and Warwick University) e Kate Purcell (UK/IER-Warwick University)
Afternoon
14h15 – 17h30 - Access to higher education and affirmative action experiences in Brazil, India and the UK.
14h15-15h15 – Brazil: Marcia Lima (USP e CEBRAP/CEM), Antônio Sérgio Guimarães (USP e CEM) e Carlos Antônio Costa Ribeiro (IESP/UERJ).
15h15-16h – India - Rakesh Basant (India/ Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Observer Research Foundation)
16h10-17 h – UK Clare Lyonnette (Institute for Employment Research, Warwick University)
The event took place at CEM/CEBRAP - Rua Morgado de Mateus, 615 - Vila Mariana São Paulo-SP
POST-EVENT
Event about higher education expansion and labor market restructuring
Research and Policy Workshop
The expansion of higher education and the restructuring of the labor market: access and opportunity in Brazil, India and the UK.
Open session on April 13, 2011
Brazil and India have experienced rapid growth and are predicted to become leading world economies by 2050. Both have higher education sectors that have grown and diversified considerably in the last 30 years, which is seen as being key to their development of skills and knowledge to promote innovation, growth and global competitiveness. However, as in developed countries, the expansion of higher education and economic development has mainly benefited those with existing educational and social advantages, despite initiatives to extend equality of opportunity and improve educational access to disadvantaged groups.
This one-day consultative workshop brought together senior Brazilian academics and policy makers to discuss comparative policy-related research being undertaken by interdisciplinary research teams in Brazil, India and the UK. The researchers’ brief is to assess the quality and potential of statistical data in Brazil and India relating to individual and social returns to higher education participation and the relationship between higher education, labor market change and opportunity. An important element of the project is to engage with key stakeholders and experts in the relevant field in each country to clarify priorities for future research and data collection, that can better inform higher education and employment policy and practice.
This is an international project funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
