Promoting employability at Hull Paul Chin, Skills Team Leader, Library and Learning Innovation
Overview What we’re doing at Hull to promote employability Skills Framework Skills Team Example of practice 10 July 2012
The Employability Jigsaw Internships Co-curricular awards PDP Skills Development Volunteering ??? Curriculum 10 July 2012
Hull engages in a variety of activities to promote employability Promoting employability in the curriculum - we are reviewing how we promote PDP practice Recently introduced ePortfolios for students (PebblePad) Raising the profile of employability through a Staff network Plus other employability related activities through the careers service, departmental support etc... Curricular : PDP Review Staff network Related activities ePortfolios 10 July 2012
Departmental Skills Audit tool Skills List A new Skills Framework has been developed specifically to address skills/employability Hull Award ePortfolio Sustainability (for c.20,000 students) PDP/Retention links Departmental Skills Audit tool Skills list – underpins the ‘distinctive hull graduate’ Hull award (more than a modular co-curricular award) ePortfolio (currently PebblePad) Departmental skills audit tool Student skills ‘audit’ Sustainability (for c.20,000 students) PDP/retention links Student Skills Audit 10 July 2012
Digital literacy is key to skills development and Library and Learning Innovation staff will do this through 4 tiers: Tier 1 Helping students to help themselves: Much bigger web presence Tier 4 Departmental Collaboration Tier 2 Helping students to help each other: Expansion of PASS and PAL Tier 3 Face-to-face support: Workshops and appointments 10 July 2012
Students in the Chemistry department get experience as interviewees and interviewers Group 1 Job A Group 2 Job B Group 3 Job C Group 4 Job D Group 5 Job E 10 July 2012