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 peter.chatterton@daedalus-e-world.com Lisa Gray lisa.gray@jisc.ac.uk Geoff Rebbeck grebbeck@me.com

Digital capability underpins all aspects

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What does the employable student look like? in a digital age

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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

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University of Southampton

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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 peter.chatterton@daedalus-e-world.com Lisa Gray lisa.gray@jisc.ac.uk Geoff Rebbeck grebbeck@me.com