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Positioning Placement on the STEM student journey

Positioning Placement on the STEM student journey. Dr Colin Smith Director of HE Engagement. Sally Smith Head of Computing Project Lead for e-Placement Scotland. Rosemary Allford HE Employability Event. Why is work experience so valued by employers?.

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Positioning Placement on the STEM student journey

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  1. Positioning Placement on the STEM student journey Dr Colin Smith Director of HE Engagement Sally Smith Head of Computing Project Lead for e-Placement Scotland Rosemary Allford HE Employability Event

  2. Why is work experience so valued by employers?

  3. Why is work experience so valued by employers?

  4. Dilemmas for the universities

  5. Four Positions

  6. Placement Landscape: the Event 1. Community of Practice: Defining the Placement Landscape for Computing 2. Networking: Employers, Students and Academics 3. Facilitated Discussion: ‘on the sofa’ with Employers, Students and Academics

  7. Overview of Outcomes

  8. Exemplar 1: the ‘sandwich’ Edinburgh Napier University

  9. Exemplar 2: the ‘summer’ University of Dundee

  10. Exemplar 3: the ‘advanced’University of Aberdeen

  11. Exemplar 4: the ‘part-time’ professional practice, Edinburgh Napier • 20 credit module • 180 hours with an employer (or school or third sector organisation) • Based on establishing a Learning Agreement

  12. Edinburgh Napier’s Graduate Employability Project • Scottish Funding Council £1m over 3 years • Different approaches in each faculty/ school • University-wide employer liaison, careers service and ‘confident futures’

  13. Deploying the GEP in the School of Computing Work Based Learning (sandwich placement) Masters Dissertation Honours Project Third Year Group Project Overseas Study Professional Practice (part-time placement)

  14. Employability Interventions!

  15. Preparing Students for Placement:PLACEMENT ACADEMY

  16. Moving Students away from ‘Programming Project’ and towards ‘Professional Practice’

  17. Making the Most of a 3rd Year Group Project

  18. Helping Students Recognise (and Document) their Learning

  19. Exploitation Evangelism Promotion Interest Awareness Employability Mapping of Programmes Programme Leaders: Ladder of Engagement

  20. Computing Graduate Fair Careers Information & Networking Event IMD07101 - HCI Interacting with Others Knowing Yourself and Others Yr 1 Placement preparation (optional) Careers Workshops: CVs, Interviews, Assessment Centres + CV Clinics Placement preparation (optional) CF Workshops: Knowing Your Strengths, Resilience SOC09109 – Group Project Understanding employment competencies Presenting skills to employers CSN08112 Careers + Placements Office introduction Yr 3 SOC09109 Group Skills Managing Conflict? Creating Convincing Proposals SOC10101 1 hr workshop about describing honours projects INF10101 - ISS 1 hour – Situational Judgement Tests + Labour Market + Career planning for Yr 4 INF10101 - ISS 1 hour – Situational Judgement Tests + Labour Market + Career planning for Yr 4 Yr 4 Optional Networking Workshop Yr 2 Week 1 Week 1

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