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EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS FOR DATABASE COMPUTING

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS FOR DATABASE COMPUTING. Jing Lu and Al Monger Technology School Southampton Solent University. STEM Annual Conference 2012. Outline. 1. Introduction 2. Enhancing Graduate Employability 2.1 Work-Based Learning 2.2 Industry-Focused Learning SFIA and Database Computing

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EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS FOR DATABASE COMPUTING

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  1. EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS FOR DATABASE COMPUTING Jing Lu and Al Monger Technology SchoolSouthampton Solent University STEM Annual Conference 2012

  2. Outline 1. Introduction 2. Enhancing Graduate Employability 2.1 Work-Based Learning 2.2 Industry-Focused Learning • SFIA and Database Computing 3.1 Computing and Databases at Solent 3.2 Skills Framework for the Information Age 3.3 Database Computing Skills Map 4. Conclusion

  3. Introduction • Solent’s Strategic Development Programme • E Plus project • b.i.b. International College, Germany • practice-oriented and transnational approach • Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) • describing and promoting high-level IT skills • BCS, IET, IMIS, itSMF and e-skills UK • establish the categories and range of skills • integrate these skills within taught units

  4. Outline 1. Introduction 2. Enhancing Graduate Employability 2.1 Work-Based Learning 2.2 Industry-Focused Learning • SFIA and Database Computing 3.1 Computing and Databases at Solent 3.2 Skills Framework for the Information Age 3.3 Database Computing Skills Map 4. Conclusion

  5. 2.1 Work-Based Learning • SSU: traditional 48-week placements • need for a range of more flexible placements • 40-credit final year Honours project unit • 20-credit Work-Based Learning unit • opportunity for student to work 50% of the final year on an industry-based project • Collaborating on Leonardo Mobility and Erasmus supported projects to provide transnational work experience opportunities in UK and Germany

  6. 2.2 Industry-Focused Learning • Professional Certification • Oracle SQL Certified Expert certificate • VLE-based Oracle Certification site (myCourse) • 2-year plan in the context of membership of Workforce Development Programme • Using the University as a Business Context • Advanced and Distributed Databases unit • Central IT services providing live data from the University’s SIERRA data warehouse

  7. What’s On myCourse? • SSU-b.i.b. Employability Development Project • e-book: used for ease of reference to the initiatives, models and practices developed to enhance student employability • VLE: innovative practice through myCourse • Oracle Certification site • Using “Analysis of Data from the University SIERRA Data Warehouse” as an advanced research topic for Year 3 Database teaching

  8. Outline 1. Introduction 2. Enhancing Graduate Employability 2.1 Work-Based Learning 2.2 Industry-Focused Learning 3. SFIA and Database Computing 3.1 Computing and Databases at Solent 3.2 Skills Framework for the Information Age 3.3 Database Computing Skills Map 4. Conclusion

  9. 3.1 Computing and Databases at Solent • Field groups within the Technology School • Computing, Enterprise Systems and Entertainment Technology … • Undergraduate degrees • BIS, BIT, Computing, ICT, Software Engineering, Web Design and several networking courses • School units organised according to different subject areas across the 3 UG levels

  10. Unit Progression in Databases Year 1 Introduction to Databases Year 2 Database Application Development Year 3 Advanced and Distributed Databases

  11. Subject areas and units in Computing

  12. Advanced and Distributed Databases Unit

  13. 3.2 Skills Framework for the Information Age • First published in 2000 as the National Information Systems Skills Framework • Current release is SFIA version 5, late 2011 • SFIA 5 defines 96 professional IT skills • Gives employers a framework which they can use to measure the skills they have and need • Tells education and training providers what the job market wants!

  14. BCS SFIAplus Model • Follow • Assist • Apply • Enable • Ensure, Advise • Initiate, Influence • Set Strategy, Inspire, Mobilise • Background • Work Activities • Training Activities • Knowledge and Skills • Professional Development Activities • Qualifications • BCS • IET • IMIS • itSMF • e-skills UK

  15. SFIA – Employability skills for Database Computing

  16. 3.3 Database Computing Skills Map

  17. Conclusion • Categories and range of IT skills to be developed are clearly established, based on SFIA • Employability skills are linked to specific unit or subject area in form of a skills map • Skills maps can be consolidated to represent the big picture for a particular course • Every picture paints a thousand words, improving accessibility of information and raising awareness • Potential for cross-referencing with other skills across whole process of student learning

  18. What’s Next? • Modelling the wider range of employability skills derived from final-year projects in Computing • through professional IT skills and the more generic (SFIA) skills • those skills which can be achieved through (e.g.) research-based investigation • “Development of Transnational Work-Based Learning in the Curriculum – An Approach Informed by the Student Experience”

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