Student as Producer Employability Careers and Employability

Objectives How do we currently engage with our students Examine our productivity over the last 18 months Why do we need to collaborate with our students Student Experience Value Added Responsibility to support our students Collaboration (Beyond the Student) Engaging the Disengaged

Engagement How do we currently engage our students Triage system – IAG Skype, face time, telephone, and face to face Careers Fair Curriculum Delivery Educational Programmes Lincoln Award Internship Scheme Road Shows National Events Weekly events Workshops Employer Events

Is this Enough? Student Interactions 4381 Oct– Jan Student Population 12,720 Unique Interactions 1806 Oct - Jan

Collaboration How have we collaborated with our students Student Representatives University Societies E-Comms. Blackboard, Group Look Up, Social Media – Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn Employment of Student Interns Word of Mouth – Students and Employers University Colleagues – Academics, International, EDEU Student Advisory Board Students attending our meetings

Results of our Collaboration How have our students influenced our C&E Department Timing of the Careers Fair Type/amount of events we offer How we communicate More advisor appointments Employer collaborations/opportunities Website changes Employer Mentoring Schemes Alumni Events Educational Programmes

Results Greater Student Engagement More Still to do

Collaboration (Beyond the Student) How do we engage the disengaged? Personal tutors – embedding employability in tutoring Building employability modules into course programmes Subject specific career events Guest lectures Collaboration with students to deliver key messages Student advisory board ‘Student Intern Project’

Summary Engaged with 4381 students in the past 5 months Build on our successful collaborations Identify opportunities for new collaborations Develop our working relationships with our colleagues across the university Grow our visible presence across the campus