University-Labour Market Disconnection

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The global problem of the University-Labour Market Disconnection

EENI Solution: Incorporation of companies, organisations, and alumni in the educational process.

In Africa:

“Many African graduates cannot find jobs matching their skills. Unemployment is endemic, and the economic value of a University Degree is steadily declining. To mitigate this potentially explosive problem, it is necessary to establish a constant interface between the University and labour market” (Source: “Higher Education in Africa” – African Union)

EENI African Portal

African Business (Master, Courses, Doctorates)

The COTEC Report on R & D in Spain:

72.9% of interviewees (managers, researchers): “The Spanish universities and public centers do not orient their R & D activities to the technological companies needs.”
69% states that “Spanish educational system does not provide the adequate skills for business needs.”

Features of the University-Labour Market Disconnection

The worldwide disconnection between the University and the labour market, and particularly with International Business.
1. The multidisciplinarity and business model of the traditional universities make difficult this relationship.
2. Inability to identify the needs of companies at a global level
The tendency of public universities to value research more than education
1. Legislation. In Spain, 70% of PhD are required for a Master's Degree
2. A good researcher does not have to be a good professor
3. The professor has to dedicate more and more time to research and organisation than teaching. The problem of the “PowerPoint Professor.”

EENI Global Business School considers that it is crucial to have professors who work in international business.

New Job Profiles Demanded in the Market

The companies demand people with the capacity to:

Work in transnational, digital and intercultural networks
Make decisions autonomously and in group
Self-organize

These three characteristics are difficult to find in the educational model of traditional universities.

Consequences of the University-Labour Market Disconnection

The inability of graduates to find jobs related to their abilities.
High graduate unemployment, even endemic in many countries (Africa)
Depreciation of the University Degrees.
Graduates with little or less entrepreneurial spirit
Few entrepreneurship projects created related to Universities

Online Higher Education in Spanish Desconexión empresas Online Higher Education in French Problème déconnexion université-entreprise Online Higher Education in Portuguese Desconexão empresas

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