Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
MARMARA GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW, ss.327-340, 2017 (ESCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Higher education sector is increasingly expected to produce graduates with the necessary knowledge and skills in order to meet the needs of job market. In Geography's response to the employability agenda, the discipline should address the relevant issues within their programmes. Initially, in this study, the presence of employability agenda in the UK Geography departments are critically reviewed, providing more emphasise on the factors allowing the discipline in leading the developments in the Higher Education sector. After, in the second part of this study, although the progress in Turkish Geography department is slightly slower than that of the UK, the presence of the employability issues was provided. In addition to this comparison study, the presence of professional Geographers in the job market were also presented. Finally, the study provides an account of comparison in what Turkey learn from the UK Geography departments' experience which makes the discipline champion with some particular developments.