Career Management & The HEA

A Hafiz, Lecturer, Public Service Management

Higher Education Academy Learning & Employability Series

Knight, P. & Yorke, M. (2004). Learning, Curriculum and Employability in Higher Education. London: Routledge Falmer. Moreland, N. (2006). Entrepreneurship and Higher Education: an Employability Perspective. Learning and Employability Series. York: Higher Education Academy. Pedagogy for Employability Group (2006). Pedagogy for Employability. Learning and Employability Series. York: Higher Education Academy. Yorke, M. (2006). Employability in Higher Education: What It Is – What It Is Not. Learning and Employability Series. York: Higher Education Academy.

Higher Education Academy –Career Studies

Watts (2006)/McCash (2008)

• Watts, AG (2006) – Career development learning and employability. Learning & Employability. The Higher Education Academy

• McCash, P (2008) – Career studies handbook: career development learning in practice. Learning & Employability Series Two. The Higher Education Academy

Available at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/employability

HEA [McCash(2008)]

• In practical terms it provides a space in the curriculum for students to consider the ideas and beliefs of self and others concerning career, labour markets and employability

• Units of formal study range from full degree courses to individual modules, papers, and lectures within courses. There are also extracurricular examples.

HEA [Watts (2006)]

Definitions of Employability

IMMEDIATE

EMPLOYMENT

IMMEDIATE EMPLOYABILITY

SUSTAINABLE EMPLOYABILITY

ATTENTION TO LONGER-TERM

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

The “DOTS” model (Law and Watts:1977/1996)

The ‘DOTS’ model is a four stage model of career planning originally developed by Bill Law and Tony Watts of the National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling. It has 4 stages which are:

D: Decision Learning (Career Exploration and Decision Making)

O: Opportunity Awareness (Research Skills)

T: Transition Learning (Careers literature, Fairs, Work Experience)

S: Self Awareness (Self-Assessment)

The “SDOT” model (University of Liverpool)

The SODT model can be simplified as follows:

Self Awareness Who am I? Opportunity Awareness Where am I?Decisions Making What will I do?Transition Skills Where will I do it?

The DOTS Model (Adapted from Law and Watts 1977/1996)

Careers Education Benchmark Statement (2005)

• http://www.agcas.org.uk/assets/download?file=199&parent=127

HEA [Watts(2006)]

• Strategies for career management learning (specific modules, cross-curricular integration, outside the curriculum)

• Careers services(individual and group guidance, information services, employer liaison and placement services)

• Strategic directions (guidance, placement, curriculum, learning organisation models)

• Implications – restructuring careers as academic service rather than student service, separate teaching unit for career development learning

• Staff requirements – pedagogic knowledge & skills, strong grounding in career development theory, academic empathy

Vignettes: Careers Studies in practice (HEA:2006)

University of Kent Employability Award

York St John University

Join John – University of Surrey

University of Aberdeen

Employability at King’s – a definition and model

The Strategy is based on a three-tiered model of support for students:• Core elements – available to all students through their programme• Extra and co-curricula elements – optional for all students• Recognition and reward structures – to acknowledge individual achievements

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (2013)

• Watts, AG (2006) Career development learning and employability Learning and employability Series Two. York:Higher Education Academy

• McCash, P (2008) Career studies handbook:career development learning in practice York:Higher Education Academy & Higher Education Careers Education Unit