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Learner Journeys Dr Jo Smedley

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• 2011-12 Remit Letter “enhance graduate employability…so

that our students gain an extra ‘edge’ that can make them more attractive to employers”

• 2012-13 Remit Letter “continue to promote graduate

employability…evidence that institutions are embedding employability skills…that students have opportunities to undertake…work placements in industry”

• 2013-14 Remit Letter emphasis on employability skills as in

2012 -13

Background: Remit Letters

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• Published April 2012

• HEFCW partnering with NUS Wales, CBI Wales & Higher Education Wales

• Committed partners to work together to improve the job related skills of all our graduates & to offer new opportunities to re skill & up skill the current workforce

Background Agreement on Skills & Employability for Wales

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Background: Flexible Learning

• The Welsh Government published a new Policy Statement for Higher Education in early June 2013 – Identified the development of “more flexible models of provision” within its set of

priorities up to 2020

• The Welsh Government’s Online Digital Learning Working Group was

established in early 2013 – Examining the potential for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) – Opportunities & challenges presented by the development of open educational

resources

• Led by the Higher Education Wales (HEW) PVC Learning and Teaching Advisory Group, Welsh universities are working in partnership with the aim of Wales becoming a distinctive open education nation – Students and lecturers from across the globe will be able to access world-class material

from its institutions

• Global Graduates: Enabling Flexible Learning as the next Future Directions

enhancement theme for the Welsh sector, led by HEA (Wales) – Three work-strands: Distinctive Graduates, Inspiring Teaching and Learner Journeys, – Embedding the work from the previous three work-strands in Graduates for our Future,

i.e. Students as Partners, Learning Through Employment and Learning in Employment.

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Learner Journeys: the big picture

CHOICE

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Learner Journeys

• Stepping on/off learning experiences, portable learning experiences, pace/place, curriculum design, assessment, HE pathways and progression

• Students as Partners will be embedded as an approach across the new work strand

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Learner Journeys: Flexible Learning Summit (June 2013)

• At entry to University – HEW MOOC

• During University experience

– Undergraduate, postgraduate, international learners – Learning and assessment: acceptable and accessible – Demand led by students, staff, employers

• Outcomes

– Shared modules (pan Wales shared curriculum: Coleg model) – Transparency across institutions – Benchmarking flexible learning activities

(Benchmarking/Pathfinder)

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The Undergraduate Learner Journey

UCAS Admissions

Module feedback x n

Student representation

End of year surveys x n

National Student Survey

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The Postgraduate Learner Journey

Admissions

Module feedback x n

Student representation

End of year surveys x n

PRES

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The International Learner Journey

Admissions

Module feedback x n

Student representation

End of year surveys x n

International Student Barometer

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