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APPROACHES TO EMPLOYABILITY AT KEELE: PAST & PRESENT

APPROACHES TO EMPLOYABILITY AT KEELE: PAST & PRESENT. Richard Mendez, Head of Employer Engagement Lisa McWilliams, Head of Careers & Employability. Remits. Employer Engagement Careers & Employability. Situated in Research & Enterprise Services Student placements in the curriculum

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APPROACHES TO EMPLOYABILITY AT KEELE: PAST & PRESENT

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  1. APPROACHES TO EMPLOYABILITY AT KEELE: PAST & PRESENT Richard Mendez, Head of Employer Engagement Lisa McWilliams, Head of Careers & Employability

  2. Remits Employer Engagement Careers & Employability • Situated in Research & Enterprise Services • Student placements in the curriculum • Graduate internships • Broad employer engagement • Situated in Student Support & Development Services • Careers guidance • Central employability workshops • HEAR

  3. Background: Keele University • Situated in North Staffordshire • Small research-intensive university, student population; 9,400 • Dual-honours degrees

  4. Embedding employability “ On the whole, an integration....is likely to be more successful than separate, bolt-on, curriculum components devoted to employability ” (Yorke, 2006, p14) bolt-on

  5. Approaches to Employability: The present • The Employer Engagement Strategy 2013-15 encapsulates Keele’s new ambitions for employability/work experience • The Strategy sets out many ambitions in order to augment employability/work experience at Keele • The Strategy takes effect in 2013 and includes following key ambitions…..

  6. Employer Engagement Strategy 2013-15 Ambition 1: • NowEmployer Engagement Unit has strategic responsibility for placements in the curriculum • Target to have undergraduate placement module/provision in 10 out of the 14 academic schools by 2015 • Working closely with Heads of Academic Schools

  7. Employer Engagement Strategy 2013-15 Ambition 2: • To ensure employability at Keele is informed by graduate recruiters, established annual Employer Focus Groups • Two groups, one consisting of national employers (e.g Cap Gemini, Santander, Network Rail) and another consisting of local employers • Employers provide suggestions and feedback on all aspects of employability at Keele – positive outcomes such as Network Rail working with School of Phy & GeoScience

  8. Employer Engagement Strategy 2013-15 Ambition 3: • Establish placement code of practice in line with new QAA protocol (section B10) • Working group consisting of representation from academic schools and legal team

  9. Employer Engagement Strategy 2013-15 Ambition 4: • Consolidate our graduate internship offer • Establish mechanism for graduates to locate their own internship employer; Unit will then reward that employer via grant to offset graduate intern’s salary • Augments number of employers we can access

  10. Contact Details Richard Mendez Email: r.mendez@keele.ac.uk Lisa McWilliams Email: l.h.m.mcwilliams@keele.ac.uk

  11. References • Little, B. (2006), ‘Employability and Work-based Learning’, Higher Education Academy • Yorke, M. (2006) ‘Pedagogy for Employability’, Learning & Employability Series 1, Higher Education Academy

  12. Definitions • Placements A period of time spent in a workplace in which the student completes activity that (usually) has relevance to their academic studies. It may be assessed or non-assessed, but is formally recognised as a part of the degree/curriculum. • Employability ‘a set of achievements, understandings and attributes that make individuals more likely to gain employment and be successful in their chosen occupations.’ (Little, 2006, p2.)

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