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CEMPS Employability. A Student Perspective. Employability : A Student Perspective. Contents Introduction Student Perspective Extra Curricular Provisions Recommendations Education Forum. Oresund Link Road, Denmark/Sweden. The Project. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CEMPS Employability
A Student Perspective
Employability : A Student Perspective
Contents1. Introduction2. Student Perspective3. Extra Curricular Provisions4. Recommendations5. Education Forum
Oresund Link Road, Denmark/Sweden
The Project Review the provision of
employability services in the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences (CEMPS)
View to presenting outcomes and recommendations to staff
Initiate open debate on the topic of employability
Promote sharing of ideas between college membersTGV, France
Why Employability? An area of increasing importance Concerns staff and students A collaborative area An area in which small changes
can make a big difference
Airbus A380
Positive Graduate Outlook Science, Technology, Engineering
and Mathematics (STEM) graduates are key to providing the higher level skills that are required for economic recovery and long-term prosperity in the UK (HE Academy, 2010).
It is essential that we raise the level of our STEM skills (BIS, 2010).
Two-fifths of employers struggle to find the STEM talent they need (Times Online, 2010)Wind Farm
Realistic Graduate Outlook1. School leavers and graduates are
lacking basic skills, says CBI survey Weaknesses in time management
and team work in graduates2. 45% of graduates at top
universities (inc. Exeter) view career prospects as ‘very limited’ Competition for graduate jobs has
never been fiercer3. Graduates ‘paying £8000 for
internships’ Students paying companies to set
up work experience
1. Times Online (17/05/10) 2. BBC.co.uk 3. Telegraph.co.uk (18/12/09)
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Employer DemandAttributes %
Communication skills 86Team-working skills 85
Integrity 83Intellectual ability 81
Confidence 80Character/personality 74
Planning & organisation skills 74Literacy 71
Numeracy 68Analysis and decision making 67
Source: CIHE Graduate Employability: Employers
Where do these skills come from? Degree Work Experience Extra Curricular Activities
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Current College Employability Services
Why is attendance low? Don’t feel will help me – 42% Inconvenient time – 39%
Perhaps students think they know what they want to do
Busy schedule – hard to find time Maybe they should be attending...Employer in
the FoyerCareers Drop
InCompany
Presentations
010203040506070 Attendance at Events
Don't Attend InfrequentlyOccasionally Regularly
Source: CEMPS Employability Survey
What services does the college offer? Employer in the foyer Careers drop-in Company presentations
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Who would you like to work for?Where do our graduates work?
Source: CEMPS Graduate Destinations & Employability Survey
Ambition - large multinational companies Reality– predominantly small and medium sized local enterprises Do our students end up where they think they will?
Student FeedbackWhat would students like to see? “More one to one level of help” “More help organising placements” “More encouragement to get
summer placements” “List of summer placements and
deadlines” “Short presentations by multiple
companies in an dedicated lecture” “More presentations aimed at
students looking for summer placements”
Source: CEMPS Employability Survey
Hang on, don’t these services exist? Careers advisor drop-in Dedicated placement coordinator Emails with opportunities and
encouragement from careers staff Work placement database
Similar idea with Gradcracker, however low attendance
Employer in the foyer?
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RecommendationsNew Developments Dedicated ‘Placements
Coordinator’
Recommendations Invest in ‘Placements Coordinator’ Work placements data base and
profiling Enhance the CANDI module Focus on helping students to make
the most of the services available to them
Recommendations Try to encourage PDP as an
important part of employability Increase student awareness of past
graduate destinations Make students and staff aware of
transitional programmes such as KTP and GBP
Utilise alumni and take advantage of our excellent reputation
Make use of institutional linksLarge Hadron Collider, CERN
Education Forum - Debate Employability services offered by
University and College are excellent
The changing graduate employment market means we need to keep up to speed
How can we encourage students to make use of the employability resources and support already available to them?
How can we further develop students' skills and employability throughout their degree programme?
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Education Forum - Outcomes Participation a big issue across
CEMPS More targeted marketing of
events Potential for integration of PDP
into degree Small tutorial classes in which all
issues are discussed (Physics) Integration of advice into
booklet for joining students Distribution of findings of SACA
project to students
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