Employability in Art & Design

‘Rich Exchanges’ Employability & Enterprise Conference June 2012

Hilary Price - Creative Employability Studio Coordinator

Current Employability Initiatives

• Creative Industries & Opportunities Module

• Professional Experience Module

• Professional Placement (Sandwich)

• Extra Curricular Activities i.e. Enrichment Programme

• Visiting Practitioners & Industry Visits

• SPEED

• Communications i.e. Noticeboards, Facebook, WOLF

• Live Briefs

Illustration Live Brief

Blair Frame (L6)‘The Saviour’

Illustration Live Brief

Sarah Jennings(L5)‘The Magic Behind the Mirror’

Illustration Live BriefLindsay Pritchard (MA)‘Somewhere over the rainbow’

Illustration Live Brief

Matthew Jones (MA)‘The Pyramid of Doom’

Opportunities for Intervention

All interventions appropriate to art & design disciples and visible, so that students know they are gaining experience, skills and knowledge relevant to their future careers.

• Share best practice amongst Creative Industries & Opportunities e.g Student Interviews

• Curriculum Audit - identify all of the employability outcomes that are already in our modules

• Increase our students exposure to Practitioners e.g. AIR

• Integrate Wolverhampton Employability Award

• Creative e-Porfolio

Employability in Art & Design

‘Rich Exchanges’ Employability & Enterprise Conference June 2012

Hilary Price - Creative Employability Studio Coordinator