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Career Development Learning and Employability in Higher Education: Contexts, Concepts and Challenges

Career Development Learning and Employability in Higher Education: Contexts, Concepts and Challenges. Tony Watts. Employability. Responds to students’ motivations Responds to policy concerns Can reinforce rather than undermine wider academic values. Definitions. Immediate employment

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Career Development Learning and Employability in Higher Education: Contexts, Concepts and Challenges

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  1. Career Development Learning and Employability in Higher Education: Contexts, Concepts and Challenges Tony Watts

  2. Employability • Responds to students’ motivations • Responds to policy concerns • Can reinforce rather than undermine wider academic values

  3. Definitions • Immediate employment • Immediate employability • Sustainable employability: requires attention to career development learning

  4. Terminology • Career(s) education (e.g. DOTS) • Career management skills (e.g. Hawkins) • Career development learning

  5. Strategies • Specific modules - Generic - Customised - Bespoke • More general cross-curricular integration • Outside the curriculum

  6. Strategic Directions for HE Careers Services • Integrated guidance model • Integrated placement model • Curriculum model • Learning organisation model • Extended-support model • Lifelong guidance model • Alumni model

  7. Possible Implications • Restructuring careers service as an academic rather than student service? • Separate teaching unit for career development learning?

  8. Delivery Models • Specialist • Consultancy • Parallel delivery • Integrated

  9. Staff Requirements • Pedagogic knowledge and skills • Strong grounding in career development theory • Academic empathy

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