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Delivering career and employment development opportunities within undergraduate teaching programmes in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Leicester 15 th June 2012. Programme – 1 st session. 9.30 9.50 Arrival and coffee 9.50 10.00 Welcome and logistics
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Delivering career and employment development opportunities within undergraduate teaching programmes in Geography, Earth and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Leicester15th June 2012
Programme – 1st session 9.30 9.50 Arrival and coffee 9.50 10.00 Welcome and logistics 10.00 11.15 Umbrella theme: Embedding employability into the curriculum • Martin Stokes - 'Module embedded careers and employment provision for final year Earth Science students: a Plymouth University example' (10 mins) • Kevin Tansey - 'Workplace Geographies: Informing on the importance of a Geography degree leading to a career' (10 minutes) • Dave Holwell - 'Employability in Geology at Leicester: embedding interaction with industry throughout the degree course' (10 minutes) • Colin Pitts - 'Career Development and enhancement for Environmental Science students at the University of Leeds' (10 minutes) Questions and Discussion (35 minutes) 11.15 11.45 Break and coffee
Programme – 2nd session 11.45 13.00 Umbrella theme: Supporting career development and professional practice • Steve Rice - 'Professional Practice in Environmental Management at Loughborough University' (10 minutes) • Jen O'Brien - 'Building alumni networks to create employability opportunities at the University of Manchester' (10 minutes) • Colin Houston – ‘The Institution of Environmental Sciences: Starting students on their career path in the Environmental Sciences’ (10 minutes)’ Questions and Discussion (45 minutes) 13.00 14.00 Lunch & Networking
Programme – 3rd session 14.00 15.30 Umbrella theme: Developing graduates with an extra dimension • Helen Walkington - ''GEES Support from the Higher Education Academy (HEA)’ (10 minutes) • Richard Wilcock - 'Views from the University of Leicester Careers Service' (20 minutes) • Invited Speaker: Simon Reichwald from Bright Futures Resourcing Ltd. - 'Developing talent, skills and competencies in the Institution: views from employers' (30 minutes) Questions & Discussion (30 minutes) 15.30 16.00 Outputs, future workshops and actions 16.00 Close
Other • A planned fire alarm test at 12 noon • Toilets • Lunch • Presentation and brief notes of the discussion points will be collated and distributed. • Made available through a web site (TBD) • Volunteers for chairs for sessions
Rationale • Recently become careers tutor in the department • Dismayed at the graduate prospects for geographers in early years • Understood that many were not job ready • Implemented a new module • What are others doing to improve prospects • How can we all work better together