Giving our students the best chance: evaluation and critical scrutiny of key module design and content to enhance student employability within the science, business and performing arts world
Eclectic mix of presentations around the theme of employability started with Nick Kassouf, Science and &Technology looking to introduce I Problem-Based Learning (PBL) approaches to increase the analytical/problem-solving skills of our biomedical science students. This has been impacting graduates ability to gain scientific employment, especially when competing for research scientist/PhD positions against UK and also EU graduates.Click here to read more and access the presentations (where available)
Preparing students for lifelong employability within nursing: Experiences of programme development and delivery
Professor Kay Caldwell and Georgie Cox presented on their our experience of developing and delivery a new programme which prepares students for lifelong employability within nursing. The programme was part of a national pilot for a new role, that of Nursing Associate, the first new nursing role for generations.Click here to read more and access the presentations (where available)
Enhancing student employability confidence
The study took place at Middlesex University Business School in 2015. Data was gathered through a survey of 281 year three students and a survey of 23 employers. Our study found differences between student and employer perceptions on the importance of specific skills in influencing employability and in relation to perceived skills and attributes a business degree helps develop.
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Students’ work aspirations among employed/ unemployed students and the link between aspirations and employability
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STEP: Strengthening Team-based Education in Practice
STEP, a large collaborative project led by Middlesex University. This project includes a range of initiatives to explore/ enhance current approaches to practice learning in Nursing and Midwifery education to enhance students’ employability skills. Presentation and discussion of the findings around 5 identified themes will be the focus of the symposium. Click here to read more and access the presentation (where available)
Employability for professional practice through research
The Partnership for Innovative Practitioner Engagement in Research (PIPER) is a partnership between Middlesex University and Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) with the University of Greenwich. Click here to read more and access the presentation (where available)
‘Skilled worker does not mean stupid’: why we need to articulate skills as essential in HE for employability
The rhetoric around apprenticeships and FE reforms often focuses on the notion that HE is all about intelligence and knowledge, whereas skills only appear in FE colleges. The presenters challenged this, and discussed how they have been reinstating skills as an essential part of learning within the faculty of Science and Technology. Click here to read more and access the presentation (where available)
Communities of learning: supporting individuality and belonging
In a rapidly changing HE environment we are challenged to respond to individual student needs and form a rich tapestry of cohesive and supportive learning environments that provide the strongest support for success. Working with primary school teaching assistants studying on a BA(Hons)Learning and Teaching award, the need to provide value for money and opportunity for growth in the workplace is paramount.Click here to read more and access the presentation (where available)