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1. Increasing the Focus on Graduate Employability
Peter Chatterton July 2016
EdinburghCollege of Art โ design agency
Global health innovators - Imperial College Jisc student innovators - LingoflowJisc student innovators โ Potential.ly
Students as change agents โ Univ ExeterFormula Student challenge โ Herts team
2. Importance of employability in HE
โBusinesses look first and foremost for graduates
with the right attitudes and aptitudes to enable
them to be effective in the workplace โ nearly nine
in ten employers (89%) value these above factors
such as degree subject (62%)โ
CBI/Pearson Education andSkills Survey 2015 (CBI / Pearson, 2015)
โManagers, 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.โ
MichelCatinat, Head ofUnit โKey EnablingTechnologies and ICTโโ
at DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission (European
Commission, 2015)
Success as a knowledge economy: teaching
excellence, social mobility and student choice
Gov white paper, May 2016
โEmployable graduatesโ will be
a cornerstone metric of theTEF
3. Jisc national study into employability and technology
Technology for Employability report
http://bit.ly/1OFFjSE
Technology for EmployabilityToolkit
http://bit.ly/28KiPjM
http://bit.ly/employabilityproject
Other resources
โข Quick-read report
โข 20 HE & FE/skills case studies
โข Webinar recording
Article
Producing employable graduates
consistently: challenges and opportunities
http://bit.ly/29z1vjV
Peter Chatterton peter.chatterton@daedalus-e-world.com Lisa Gray lisa.gray@jisc.ac.uk Geoff Rebbeck grebbeck@me.com
4. Digital capability underpins all aspects
http://bit.ly/28Ps5qB
What does the employable student look like? in a digital age
12. http://bit.ly/28Ps5qB
Digital capabilities mapped to the employable student framework
โข 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).
โข Finding, managing, sharing and organising digital information in a range of media and
ability to judge the quality, relevance, trustworthiness and value of information.
โข Basic knowledge and management of digital safety, footprint, identity, security and
compliance (e.g. data privacy and copyright).
โข 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.
13. 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
โข Self-directed learning &
employability
โข Self-regulated
โข Digital leader
โข Experienced
+ =
14. University of Edinburgh
SLICCs
StudentโLed Individually Created Courses
ยป Co-curricula experiential learning: final year UG arts
students
ยป Learning outcomes set - include employability
ยป Students design learning activities and plan how
learning outcomes will be evidenced
ยป Tutor signs-off academic viability
ยป No formal lectures โ supervisory model with induction
workshops
ยป Students regularly self-reflect/assess and articulate
their employability skills as they evolve
ยป E-portfolio used for reflecting, dialogue, evidence,
show-casing
ยป โAgencyโ projecthttp://bit.ly/1OFFjSE
16. University of Southampton
http://bit.ly/1OFFjSE
Mission employable
Knowing, growing and showing the skills for career success
ยป Humanities students leading change in employability
development e.g.
โบ Created content for a compulsory UG employability module
โบ Developed/launched the โMission Employableโ brand, an alumni
network and external advisory board
โบ Developed a faculty-wide peer mentoring scheme to support new
students and to develop student mentoring skills.
โบ Development of a reflective tool for use by students
โบ Research and evaluation
ยป Using a range of social and multi-media technologies
17. MeetingTEF metrics across the board
ยป Embedding in policies, plans and processes.
ยป Professional development of staff
ยป Technology tools, resources, infrastructure and
support
ยป Improving communication and collaborations to
drive change
ยป Quality assuring and continuous improvement
through data monitoring, analytics and review
ยป Employability achievements formally recognised http://bit.ly/1H7wTzZ
Report: http://bit.ly/1OFFjSE
18. Jisc national study into employability and technology
Technology for Employability report
http://bit.ly/1OFFjSE
Technology for EmployabilityToolkit
http://bit.ly/28KiPjM
http://bit.ly/employabilityproject
Other resources
โข Quick-read report
โข 20 HE & FE/skills case studies
โข Webinar recording
Article
Producing employable graduates
consistently: challenges and opportunities
http://bit.ly/29z1vjV
Peter Chatterton peter.chatterton@daedalus-e-world.com Lisa Gray lisa.gray@jisc.ac.uk Geoff Rebbeck grebbeck@me.com
