Increasing the Focus on Graduate Employability
Peter Chatterton July 2016
Edinburgh College of Art – design agency
Global health innovators - Imperial College Jisc student innovators - LingoflowJisc student innovators – Potential.ly
Students as change agents – Univ ExeterFormula Student challenge – Herts team
Importance of employability in HE
“Businesses look first and foremost for graduates with the right attitudes and aptitudes to enable them to be effective in the workplace – nearly nine in ten employers (89%) value these above factors such as degree subject (62%)” CBI/Pearson Education and Skills Survey 2015 (CBI / Pearson, 2015)
“Managers, entrepreneurs, and business executives must have e-competences to grow, export and be connected to the global digital markets. In a digital economy, e-leadership skills are essential.” Michel Catinat, Head of Unit ’Key Enabling Technologies and ICT’” at DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission (European Commission, 2015)
Success as a knowledge economy: teaching excellence, social mobility and student choiceGov white paper, May 2016
“Employable graduates” will be a cornerstone metric of the TEF
Jisc national study into employability and technology
Technology for Employability report
http://bit.ly/1OFFjSE
Technology for Employability Toolkit
http://bit.ly/28KiPjM
http://bit.ly/employabilityproject
Other resources
• Quick-read report• 20 HE & FE/skills case studies• Webinar recording
ArticleProducing employable graduates consistently: challenges and opportunities
http://bit.ly/29z1vjV
Peter Chatterton [email protected] Lisa Gray [email protected] Geoff Rebbeck [email protected]
Digital capability underpins all aspects
http://bit.ly/28Ps5qB
What does the employable student look like? in a digital age
http://bit.ly/28Ps5qB
Digital capabilities mapped to the employable student framework
• Understanding, managing, customising and efficiently using core ICT devices, apps, services and resources such as mobile devices, productivity software (e.g. word-processing, PowerPoint, e-mail, web browsing, Cloud tools).
• Finding, managing, sharing and organising digital information in a range of media and ability to judge the quality, relevance, trustworthiness and value of information.
• Basic knowledge and management of digital safety, footprint, identity, security and compliance (e.g. data privacy and copyright).
• Communicating effectively and with e-etiquette with different stakeholders, including employers, using a range of digital media, devices and tools e.g. e-mail, video conferencing, social media.
A holistic approach - embedding employability into programme design
T-profile
curricula
Employer engagement
Assessment for learning
Connected curricula
5 dimensions for adopting technology
Employable student
•Self-directed learning & employability
•Self-regulated
•Digital leader
•Experienced
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University of Edinburgh
SLICCsStudent‐Led Individually Created Courses
» Co-curricula experiential learning: final year UG arts students
» Learning outcomes set - include employability
» Students design learning activities and plan how learning outcomes will be evidenced
» Tutor signs-off academic viability
» No formal lectures – supervisory model with induction workshops
» Students regularly self-reflect/assess and articulate their employability skills as they evolve
» E-portfolio used for reflecting, dialogue, evidence, show-casing
» “Agency” projecthttp://bit.ly/1OFFjSE
University of Greenwich
Greenwich Connect and the
Virtual Law Clinic
http://bit.ly/1OFFjSE
University of Southampton
http://bit.ly/1OFFjSE
Mission employableKnowing, growing and showing the skills for career success
» Humanities students leading change in employability development e.g.
› Created content for a compulsory UG employability module
› Developed/launched the “Mission Employable” brand, an alumni network and external advisory board
› Developed a faculty-wide peer mentoring scheme to support new students and to develop student mentoring skills.
› Development of a reflective tool for use by students
› Research and evaluation
» Using a range of social and multi-media technologies
Meeting TEF metrics across the board
» Embedding in policies, plans and processes.
» Professional development of staff
» Technology tools, resources, infrastructure and support
» Improving communication and collaborations to drive change
» Quality assuring and continuous improvement through data monitoring, analytics and review
» Employability achievements formally recognised http://bit.ly/1H7wTzZ
Report: http://bit.ly/1OFFjSE
Jisc national study into employability and technology
Technology for Employability report
http://bit.ly/1OFFjSE
Technology for Employability Toolkit
http://bit.ly/28KiPjM
http://bit.ly/employabilityproject
Other resources
• Quick-read report• 20 HE & FE/skills case studies• Webinar recording
ArticleProducing employable graduates consistently: challenges and opportunities
http://bit.ly/29z1vjV
Peter Chatterton [email protected] Lisa Gray [email protected] Geoff Rebbeck [email protected]