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Reviewing your offer

Reviewing your offer. What does employer engagement really mean? Aims: Consider employer engagement across a range of employment contexts Share strategies and approaches Identify 3 key actions. Reviewing your offer. What does employer engagement really mean?

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Reviewing your offer

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  1. Reviewing your offer What does employer engagement really mean? Aims: Consider employer engagement across a range of employment contexts Share strategies and approaches Identify 3 key actions

  2. Reviewing your offer What does employer engagement really mean? Foundation Degrees are intended to provide students with the knowledge, understanding and skills that employers need. In order to achieve this it is important that employers are fully involved in the design and regular review of Foundation Degree programmes. It is beneficial if employers are involved, where possible, in the delivery and assessment of the programme and the monitoring of students, particularly within the workplace. QAA Foundation Degree qualification benchmark

  3. Reviewing your offer Employability A “thinking workforce, thinking intelligently” • More, and more employable graduates • Raised skills and capacity for innovation of those already in the workforce Higher Education at work

  4. Reviewing your offer “Students must learn the reality of working with horses in the industry – getting dirty, losing finger nails, being bitten” – Stable Yard Owner (Nottinghamshire) “We only employ those who have completed work experience – they need to know the ways of doing things and understand the industry’ -Employer on FdA Media Practice.

  5. Context 1 Part-time /Full-time • Part-time students are more likely to be working in employment closely related to the Foundation degree and more likely to have support from their employer. • Students on full-time, institution-based Foundation degree programmes are unlikely to be sent by their employer (although may well be employed part time).

  6. Context 2 Size and nature of employment • Large company / public sector • SME • Self-employment / practitioner • Seasonal

  7. Pair / Group work • FT Fds • Large employment sector • SME • PT Employer-led • Large employment sector • SME • Developing new business

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