Mind the Gap Between Higher Education and the Labour Market for Students with a Disability in the Netherlands: A Research Agenda

Marjolein Büscher-Touwen, Marian de Groot and Lineke van Hal
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Marjolein Büscher-Touwen: Expert Centre Handicap + Studie, The Netherlands / CINOP, The Netherlands
Marian de Groot: Expert Centre Handicap + Studie, The Netherlands / CINOP, The Netherlands
Lineke van Hal: Verwey-Jonker Institute, The Netherlands

Social Inclusion, 2018, vol. 6, issue 4, 149-157

Abstract: The transition from higher education to the labour market is experienced as difficult by students with a disability. This gap between higher education and the labour market has tangible consequences for the participation of (young) people with a disability. Research shows that these students have a higher unemployment rate. This article addresses this gap by studying existing research data and by exploring experiences of students with a disability and other stakeholders as collected by the Dutch expert centre Handicap + Studie. We focus on the perspectives and responsibilities of the different parties involved: educational institutions, employers, municipalities, ministries and students with a disability. With this exercise, we want to contribute to putting this ‘gap’ and its stakeholders on the research agenda, arguing that more in-depth research on the transition from higher education to the labour market for students with a disability is needed. We will therefore conclude with themes that need to be researched in order to gain more knowledge for reducing the gap.

Keywords: disability; higher education; labour market transition; stakeholders; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.17645/si.v6i4.1655

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