Levelling the employability playing field Add presenters Conference name, location Date 1

Workshop overview In this workshop, we will: Identify capabilities that students need for their future lives and careers Identify potential equity issues in educational and support services relating to employability Adapt existing and design new services and approaches to teaching and supporting diverse groups of students 2

Workshop approach Active learning – using models to share our stories 3

What capabilities do students need? Activity 1 – What do students need? What capabilities do students need? Introduce yourself In one minute, write down capabilities you think students need for their future lives and careers 4

Activity 2 – your career journey Using the materials in front of you, build a model that: Depicts your early career Demonstrates why and how you first embarked on your career path Describe your model to the rest of the group 5

Feedback Share your thoughts 6

Personal Adaptability Employability Career Identity Personal Adaptability Social Capital Human Capital Fugate, Kinicki & Ashforth (2004) 7

Our diverse study body Students from ethnic minority and indigenous groups Students from low SES groups First in family students Mature students 8

Employability outcomes Transition out of university into jobs that are less well paid than other students even when they have equal or better degrees (Lehmann, 2012; Reay, Crozier & Clayton, 2010; Redmond, 2006) Experience more trouble finding work (Thomas & Jones, 2007; Wilton, 2012) Modest career aspirations (Lent & Brown, 2013; Strauss, Griffins & Parker, 2012) 9

The NZ context Bridge Retain Transition out Bridge Retain 10

The NZ context Bridge Retain Transition out Bridge Retain Why? How can we bridge the gap? 11

Activity 3 – prompting questions What are the biggest challenges these groups of students face? How can we better support these students? Bring your ideas together into one tertiary landscape. 12

Feedback Share your thoughts 13

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Thank you! Questions? Comment? Feedback? 15

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