The ninth in this weekly series of blogs on employability was written by Emily Huns, Head of Careers and Entrepreneurship, University of Sussex and Susan Smith, Associate Dean (Education and Students), University of Sussex Business School. The responsibility for closing graduate outcomes gaps for underrepresented student groups lies with universities. This is a…
The eighth in this weekly series of blogs on employability was written by Saskia Loer Hansen, Interim Vice Chancellor and Professor Kathy Daniels, Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor, Aston University. Over recent months we have received news of proposed changes to metrics used by the Office for Students, the contents of Access and Participation Plans,…
HEPI’s hybrid Policy Briefing Day is on 27 April 2022 and institutions that support HEPI are entitled to a free place. This blog was written by Louise Nicol, Founder of Asia Careers Group. The lifting of pandemic restrictions has finally allowed colleagues to gather after two long years of isolation working from…
HEPI’s hybrid Policy Briefing Day is on 27 April 2022 and institutions that support HEPI are entitled to a free place. The seventh in this weekly series of blogs on employability was written by Dr Dawn Lees, Principal Investigator and Student Employability & Development Manager and Kate Foster, Project Lead Facilitator and Employability & Careers Consultant…
The sixth in this weekly series of blogs on employability was written by Dr Matthew Vince, HE Enterprise and Employability Coordinator, and Thea Jones, Deputy Head of Higher Education, at the University Centre South Devon. With the steady expansion of approaches to employability, there has been increasing concern about the extent to which employability should be…
The fifth in this weekly series of blogs on employability was written by the University of Derby’s Dr Val Derbyshire (Impact Officer), Dr Laurice Fretwell (Course Director: Human Sciences), and Dr Caroline Harvey (Senior Lecturer). Introducing the Big College Challenge Prior to the formation of the College of Science and Engineering during the 2020/21…
The fourth in this weekly series of blogs on employability was written by Professor Catherine O’Connor, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education and Experience, Leeds Trinity University. There has been an ever-sharper focus from Government that a degree should mean a transition to highly-skilled employment. This was reinforced in late November 2021 with the announcement that…
The third in this weekly series of blogs on employability was written by Professor Helen Higson, Associate Dean for Accreditations at Aston University. Aston University has been known for the transformational effect that it has on students since it became a university in 1966. The University grew from an institution (the Birmingham Municipal Technical…
The second in this weekly series of blogs on the issue of employability was written by Lizzy Woodfield, Policy Advisor, and Rachel McIntosh, Director of Employability, at Aston University. Higher education institutions are being held ever more accountable for their graduates’ employment prospects and taking on more proactive roles in shaping and stimulating employment prospects…
The first in this weekly series of blogs on the issue of employability was written by Saskia Loer Hansen, Interim Vice Chancellor, and Professor Kathy Daniels, Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor, of Aston University. Proposals recently put forward by the Office for Students suggest minimum requirements that universities should meet to deliver positive outcomes…