School of Agriculture, Policy and Development August 24, 2015 iLEARN, iRESEARC H, iWORK, in SAPD Alistair Murdoch (CCMS Fellow Joint CMS Tutor) Nick Beard Senior Tutor Joint CMS Tutor

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development How do our students match up to the competition?

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Can they spot opportunities?

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development What about threats?

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development SAPD Case Study Issues –CMS and its link to PARs –Poor engagement and therefore attendance at PAR meetings –Employability focus (NFB to emphasise) Changes to CMS from summer 2007 –CMS just a one-off (seen it, done it, forget it) –Poor awareness of skills acquired at Uni Integration of various initiatives – –Individual learner profiles –Skills development (SOAR and modules) –CMS and The Destinations website –Work experience (GF) Baseline data survey

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Career Management Skills (CMS) in SAPD up to 2007 A 5-credit, Level 2 module at end of Part 1 3 contact sessions –CAS plus others 5 assignments –Personal profile –Job study –Action plan –CV –Covering letter Handed back by personal tutor or by CMS tutor in Autumn of Part 2 That’s about it!

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development StrengthsWeaknesses Gets students thinking early about gaining experience including placements (CETL-AURS) Too early for graduate level jobs PDP link absent Limited follow-up in years 2 and 3 Some topics missing (e.g. interviewing) Weak link to PARs – efficacy never assessed

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Aims and objectives of changes Phase 1 - Migration  Migrate from old CMS website to Blackboard and Destinations Blackboard Blackboard linked to Destinations

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Aims and objectives of changes Phase 1 - Migration  Migrate from old CMS website to Blackboard and Destinations Phase 2 – Drip-feeding  Objective 1 Career learning inputs in all Parts of degree programme  Parts1-2 focus on gaining experience and skills  Parts 2-3 focus on getting graduate level job  Objective 2 Strengthen careers & skills dialogue with tutors  Encourage tutors to discuss careers, actions plans & CV development with tutees in PAR meetings  Three out of every four tutees known to leave with up-to- date CVs

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Curriculum changes Career inputs throughout degree programme i.Parts1-2 Gaining skills, experience ii.Parts 2-3 Towards a graduate level job Strengthen careers dialogue within PAR meetings Constraints: –Timetabling for several degrees –Needs of students on 4 year sandwich degrees –Tutor: “I can’t do this! I am not a careers’ adviser”

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Meeting objective1 Career learning inputs throughout degree programme End of first year: Level 2; 2.5 credits Gaining skills & experience Action plan for 2.5 years Finding your profile Employer visit CV for work experience Covering letter Early summer, at end of Part 2: Level 2; 2.5 credits Towards a graduate level job Revise and update action plan for next 1.5 years Graduate level job study CV for graduate level job Covering letter Interviewing skills/ Assessment centre

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Meeting objective 2 Strengthen careers & skills dialogue with personal tutors September –November 2007 –Tutors’ seminar on CVs –Collection of baseline data –Return CMS reports via tutors September 2008 – March 2009 –Tutors’ review seminar –Evaluate process –Return CMS reports via tutors –Tutors to encourage all to have up-to-date CV as part of PAR Spring 2008/9/10 –Assess how many students are likely to have graduate level CV on leaving 2009/2010 –Informally assess impact – changes in graduate employment/stats/student evaluation/tutor evaluation

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Implications for PAR and PDP

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development PAR & CMS Agenda Excerpts

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Where next? Joined up thinking about skills development and career development – integrated action plans Supporting personal tutors Closer and more efficient links with alumni –How do you achieve this? –How can we develop and use these links with CMS? Addressing the needs of postgraduates –One year taught courses –Research degrees (2-3 years) Monitoring impact (tutors and students) Any other questions and discussion points

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Many thanks

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development Questions and Discussion

School of Agriculture, Policy and Development CMS - Baseline data collection Tutor’s name ___________________ How many of your tutees graduated in 2007? If >0, then… of tutees graduating in 2007 … How many discussed plans for future employment with you between October 2006 and March 2007 ? How many showed you their CVs between October 2006 and March 2007 ? How many already have a job? Of those with jobs, would you say it is “graduate level”? (jobs for which a degree would normally be expected) How many do you think left with an up to date CV? Please circle don’t know Many thanks for your help – Alistair Murdoch and Nick Beard, October 2007