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Using Labour Market Intelligence. Wendy Fowles -Sweet, CEng MRAeS CPDA Co-ordinator UWE Learning and Teaching Associate Fellow. Why Employer Engagement?. Skills need to be continually up-graded and enhanced – universities can provide this life long learning - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Using Labour Market Intelligence
Wendy Fowles-Sweet, CEng MRAeS
CPDA Co-ordinator UWE Learning and Teaching Associate Fellow
Why Employer Engagement?Skills need to be continually up-graded and enhanced universities can provide this life long learning
If employers are engaged at the earliest stages they will have employable graduates who tick all their boxes and can quickly apply what they have learnt
HEIs can offer academic learning from Short Courses to Doctorates students take these awards to enhance their career opportunities
What can we do?Some of many options:
Long-term Relationship BuildingCurricula Development to include applicationRelating Academic Qualifications to Professional RecognitionRegular Employer Engagement Fora
=Employer Involvement and Commitment
Why Labour Market Intelligence?HEIs and Employers do not find it easy to work together
Real time projects and academic years do not easily map
Not easy to find ways into HEIs
Not easy to find ways into Employer OrganisationsRelationship BuildingMarket Intelligence, not Sales
Develop long term relationships with employers, recognising we will not be their sole academic partner, but willing to collaborate as needed
Ensures award curricula meet employer demand
Enables bespoke offerings, based on generic concepts and organisational needs
Identify direct route to potential students
Engaging Employers - PABsProfessional Advisory BoardsRelatively easy if the subject matter is applied, such as Engineering, harder if subject is Pure, such as Maths or PhysicsDeveloping Professional Institution relationships for award accreditation
What can be achievedEmployer appreciation of the learning required in that topicEmployer input curricula, lecturing, placements, seminars, etcAcademic awareness of current sector needsLong term employer interest in students at all levelsResearch opportunities
SummaryEmployer-focused learning requires a different approach than traditional student-focused learning
Relationship building is required to gain trust and ensure the learning offered is what is needed
This approach is likely to achieve ever greater employer / HEI collaboration, enhancing labour market intelligence