Employability

Innovative Assessments in the Study of Politics

Participation in the Postgraduate Certificate classes on Learning and Teaching in Higher Education prompted Dr Malcolm Harvey, School of Social Science to think further about constructive alignment, and about linking learning with university graduate attributes and employability relating it to PI3074: American Politics as an example.

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Business Community Engagement and Student Learning

Dr Stuart Durkin, School of Social Science, tells us how students often find it a real challenge to understand the transferability of their academic experiences and how to present these experiences to employers. In order to address this issue, the course Working Together: Employability for Arts & Social Sciences (ED3536) was created to enhance students' employability.

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Fostering Graduate Attributes at Masters level

It is increasingly an expectation - of students, academics and potential employers - that University education will encourage and support the development of 'Graduate Attributes'. Continue reading to find how Dr Heather Morgan, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, fostered these attributes.

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Embedding Engineering Work Experience into the Second Year Curriculum

Dr Paul Davidson & Zaib Ahmed, School of Engineering, and Dr Joy Perkins, Careers and Employability Service, tell us about how they introduced an innovative, second year Engineering Work Experience course to aid student engagement, retention and employability.

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Work-Based Project Reflective Report

Dr Stuart Durkin, School of Social Science and Dr Joy Perkins, Centre for Academic Development explain how they created a course to enhance students' employability. By taking this course, the students engage in an authentic learning experience, undertake critical reflection and develop their employability capabilities.

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Culturing Enterprise Skills in First Year Bioscience Students

A multidisciplinary team report about the impact and value of the enterprise skills workshop delivered to first year bioscience students.

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Vacations and Vocations: Learning from Our Students' Summer Experience Survey

Dr Joy Perkins, Rhona Gibson and Dr Zac Hickman from the Careers and Employability Service report on the findings from an investigation into the many ways students enhance their employability during the summer vacation period.

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