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Strategies for Supporting Student Employability
Employability and MarketingSept 2013
E&M Structure Information & Publications
Careers Unit
Work Experience Unit
Marketing Unit
School & College Engagement Unit
Employability Unit
Content:
Curriculum development via EDORT, Career Development Learning and Graduate Qualities
Designing and developing activities for the Ulster EDGE Award and HEAR
Overview of employer engagement strategies
Introducing your students to the DHLE survey
Why does Employability matter? Students motivation for entering HE
Government Policy – Dearing, Browne, KIS/WIS, Wilson Review
Institutional Drivers –Corporate Plan
Emphasis by employers on generic competencies rather than direct subject relevance
HESA employment performance indicator
Key initiative helping to: identify skills the structures in place to support employability identifying & disseminating good practice create employability action plan
EDORT Toolkit: Staff and Student engagement
Both paper & pencil and online version available
24 schools, 76 programmes and 1195 students
EDORT toolkit, summary report, action plans, test online version available: http://employability.ulster.ac.uk
Reviewing Employability
What areas does EDORT review?9 subsections:• Curriculum development• Learning from work • PDP• Enterprise/ innovation/ creativity/ • Transfer learning between contexts • Real world activities • Graduate/postgraduate employment • Career development learning (CDL) • Extra-curricular activities
Engaging with EDORT Online: Key Facts
It facilitates course teams to review employability within their degree by taking account of both staff & student views.
The toolkit is adaptable. It contains sets of core questions however, academics have the flexibility to create bespoke questions in relation to their degree programmes.
It generates an automatic feedback report which can help inform and map into current revalidation documentation
Refined to include statement of graduate attributes, KIS & HEAR
Getting started:
Contact Sharon Milner to develop staff and student questionnaires
Url will be sent to a contact within School to distribute
Encourage small teams of staff to engage not just one person
Macro-enabled excel SS, word documents and powerpoints will be generated
Career Development Learning at Ulster – Delivery Strategies
Bespoke assessed modules (10 & 20 points) on Career Management Skills developed for particular schools or programmes
Integrated Career Development Learning components into core modules within programmes
Modules offered to schools or programmes within the Certificate of Personal & Professional Development (CPPD)
Programme specific non-assessed Career Management Skills Units delivered within and outside the curriculum
Generic open careers workshops available to all students
Generic Skills Training Careers Programme for PhD students
Topics:
Self-Awareness Personal Development
Planning Exploring Career Options CV Building /
Applications / Interviews Assessment Centres Action Planning Communication and
Presentation Skills Work Values
Assessments:
Career Report Professional Action Plan Placement CV Skills Audit Reflective Journal Mock Interview Finalist CV E-portfolio on PACE Mock On-line Application Group Presentations
Career Development Learning
ACF343 Career Planning & Skills Development Mock Online Application form using Survey
Gizmo
ACF327 Graduate Employment Skills Career Research topic group presentation to
expert panel including graduate employers and academics.
Ulster Graduate Qualities
Resources to support the implementation of the Institutional ‘Statement of Graduate Qualities’.
Enhancing employability via EDGE
An employability Award for F/T Undergraduate Students Provides official recognition and evidence for activities
outside the students programme of study Taken in addition to degree Enrolment is free They have up to 3 years to complete the award. Presented at graduation Will appear on the students HEAR
•Open to 1st Year students•Reflect on Me PPD131‘•Building your skills PPD105
Open to 2nd Year students•Developing Skills for Work PPD104 •Peer Assisted Study Skills 1 PPD037•Peer Assisted Study Skills 2 PPD051
Open to 3rd Year students•Graduation- what next? PPD102•Career management Skills PPD103
Open to all students•Skills Development through Student Representation
P/T job•Work Experience Skills Builder Module PPD 184
Year long Placement – DPP(I)/DIASYear Long PlacementStudy USAStudy AbroadInternational Student Exchange Programme (ISEP)Language Assistant Ulster Sports Outreach Educational Placement ProgrammeErasmus
Short-term placements – via 'employability through work experience' PPD100) Washington Ireland ProgramIAESTE Placement
Preparation Module (only open to computing students)Placement Preparation PPD120
Business LaunchPadEnterprise Development PPD183
•Open to all•Sports/Students Union Club or Committee Member•Student Union Rag Volunteer•Volunteering with External Organisations•Business Enterprise Academy•Business Bootcamp•Careers PlusOpen to Social Work students•Social Work Individual Practice Development DaysOpen to UOTC students•Leaderhsip Development Programme Module 1 &2Open to Sports students•Ulster Sports Outreach Education Induction Training Programme•Ulster Sports Outreach Sport for LIFE programmeOpen to UBS students•Entrepreneurship Competitions•CIMA Accredited SAGE certificateOpen to Nursing students•Disaster Risk Reduction•Immediate Life SupportOpen to Computing & Engineering•Stem AmbassadorOpen to Media, Film & Journalism•Entrepreneur ResidencyOpen to Sports and Creative Dance•Dance for Life ProgrammeOpen to Communication/ Art & Design students•Publicity Association of Northern Ireland/ University of Ulster Advertising Competition (PANI)
•Tutoring in schools•Students Union Enterprise Competition Team Member•Sciences and Ethics: Debates and Dilemmas•Developing Digital literacy
Accredited co-curricular modules
Work experience, Study Abroad and Enterprise
Internal and External Opportunities
Formal University Wide Opportunities
Category 1: Category 2: Category 3: Category 4:
Photos of students that graduated with EDGE available on flicker
HEAR 6.1 Protocols
The achievement is verifiable and endorsed by the University.
The opportunity to undertake the achievement is open to all students, in principle.
Information is presented factually, not opinion-based.
The role/achievement/outcome is defined by regulation (e.g. prizes, sabbatical officer).
The role/achievement/position supports a University process and is verifiable.
The achievement/role supports wider University policy and strategy.
Proposing Activities for inclusion in the Award
Activity proposal form available on the EDGE website http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/606277/Proposed-Activity-for-Inclusion-in-Ulster-Edge-Award
Minimum criteria – 30 hours, no impact on 360 points and an output that requires student to reflect on skills they have gained from the activity e.g logbook, ppt presentation etc..
Discuss ideas for activities to be included in the Award contact Dr Sharon Milner: st.milner@ulster.ac.uk
Approved activities will be provided with EDGE Award kitemark to put on School website to link to the Award
Careers Events
Autumn Careers, Placement and Postgraduate Fairs – 14th & 15th Oct Assembly Hall UUJ; 16th Oct UUC, 17th Oct UUM
Northern Ireland Graduate Recruitment Fair Spring 2014
Series of mini sector specific events – Law, Accountancy, Teaching, IT
Employer Presentations on Campus
Employer Engagement
Work Based Learning
Support for Placement Preparation / Placement Tutor Briefings
Work Experience Week – Beginning 25th February
Joblink, Placement Management System
Business Launch Pad(Enterprise Development Module)
Paid Graduate Internships in Industry (PEP/ Santander)
Employer Engagement
Undertake the Student Survey twice a year April and January: 6 months after graduation (6130 students (3940 UUJ/UUB; 2190 UUM/UUC) 80% response)
Deadline 14th March 2014
DLHE statistics on PACE (graduate destinations on portal)
Results published on KIS – employability benchmark
DLHE Survey
Methods of contact
Postal mailing
Telephone questionnaire
PDF version (e-mail)
Centrally-hosted online questionnaire
Other methods
Direct contactDuring the field work period e.g. they visit the careers office or during the graduation ceremony
Academic departments Last resort Can also be used as a source of information as they may have on-going interactions with the leaver(s)
Employers Last resort If employer is known to the institution they too may be contacted
What you can do.. Promote the survey to students (from second year)
Briefing sessions to students on how to fill the form in – final year
Keep in contact with your finalists – let us (careers) know where they are
Send out PDF link - Institutions can email this version of the questionnaire to leavers for completion. Leavers should print the form in order to complete, sign, date and return it to their institution
Send out Online link
We need: Student Number, Programme Code, Full Time/Part Time, Job title, Name of Employer
What you can’t do…
Fill in the form for a student
Send it out to everyone – there is a target population – generally full time undergraduate
Staff Employability Newsletterhttp://employability.ulster.ac.uk
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