1. Alumni Engagement in the Curriculum

2. Alumni Engagement in the Curriculum
Dr Liz Hodgkinson, Lecturer, School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering Jean Almond, Alumni Engagement Manager, Alumni Engagement Team, External Relations Nina Kearney, Employability Projects Coordinator, Careers & Employability Service.

3. Alumni engagement in the curriculum

4. Guest speakers First year Immersive Module (CIVL100)

5. Professional obligations of civil engineers (CIVL100)

6. Project Management in practice

7. Site visits for Years 1 and 2

8. Industrial Advisory Committee

9. Approx one-third of the committee (8 members) are Plymouth alumni

10. Progress interviews with dissertation students (modules PRCE308 and PRCE310)

11. Final Year design module (PRCE513)
This module successfully helps students develop transferrable skills that employers are looking for. Design brief requires students to work with disciplines other than their own to develop innovative and efficient solutions to meet the needs of communities and the wider society. Alumni are involved in supporting the module by reviewing the student project marketing videos.

13. Job offers

14. Promoting our courses Richard Cole, Tamar Bridges

15. Engaging in outreach to attract the next generation of civil engineers Graham Knott, GAP Consulting

16. Views on the benefits of continued engagement with the University David Ord, Arcadis Consulting
Personal benefits and Employer benefits

17. David says ….
“Personally, it gives me a chance to ‘give back’ …to help students realise there is a rewarding career at the end of it … is a great personal satisfaction. It is something I am very passionate about doing.
As an employer, it works to our benefit, because by allowing me to come and tell your students what I do, I am also promoting the company and subconsciously enticing the students to apply.  By having this 360 link it helps keep a strong relationship and benefits both parties equally – the university can brag about their success, the employer can be at the top of the application list and get the pick of the crop”.

18. Katy Toms, AECOM

19. Katy says ….
“I hope that my time with the students has given them an insight into the industry and inspired them to maintain commitment to academic study to go on and have a positive impact on the industry.
My continued involvement with Plymouth has given me more confidence … in public speaking at conferences … and in internal and external meetings in my role at AECOM.
In my Professional Review with the ICE, I was able to demonstrate my commitment to the industry by giving back to the university”

20. Industry engagement was commended by the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM)

21. It’s not goodbye ….

22. Alumni Engagement in the Curriculum
How the Alumni Engagement Team supported this activity:
liaised with Liz and the alumni about featuring them in an alumni case study to support recruitment activities
arranged for a photographer to meet the graduates while they were on campus
coordinated photography on the day, greeted the alumni and gave them a small Thank You gift

23. Alumni Engagement in the Curriculum
How the Alumni Engagement Team supported this activity:
created the alumni case studies and notified the programme team and student recruitment team
updated the contact information for these alumni on the alumni database so that these alumni will receive alumni news, invitations to events and be included in future alumni surveys, such as the DLHE survey, where applicable

24. Plymouth Connect
Online platform for alumni

25. Plymouth Connect So what does it DO? Staff stay connected with alumni
Alumni register on the platform and:
share their career expertise with students
and recent graduates
build their professional network
search the graduate directory
request a Career Champion
pledge an internship, work experience or job opportunity
update their details online 
Staff stay connected with alumni

26. Plymouth Connect Students register on the platform and:​
Connect with alumni​
Ask career questions and receive support​
Request a Career Champion
Gain insight into their preferred industry or career
Build their professional network​
‘Plymouth Connect is a great way for students like myself to connect with those who have already graduated, and are currently in the workplace. Todays employability market is all about networking and connections, this is an easy to use interface that does half the job for you, all you have to do is sign up! It’s great for asking those who have already been through the process of finding a job, what the current marketplace is like, and what employers are looking for...’
David Friedman, International Relations with Politics

27. Plymouth Connect Benefits for Plymouth University:
data capture > employment data for DLHE to help us to better contact alumni and increase our response rate.
offers a scalable solution for alumni to support our students, so that a greater number of students can benefit - impact on employability and improved student experience*
meets our initial brief by connecting alumni with each other
a tangible way for alumni to give back regardless of their location
* a nearby University can demonstrate a 10% uplift in DLHE stats for alumni who have been mentored online, compared to those on the same programme who have not been mentored

28. Plymouth Connect over 1,500 alumni are now registered on the platform
10% are offering careers support for students, including alumni like Rachel Lambert-Forsyth, Director of Education and Training at the Royal Society of Biology and Mark Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Taylor Consulting Group Limited and Chairman for the 2016 Defence Procurement Summit
an amazing breadth of career expertise available to students
75 students currently registered
we need students to register and benefit from the platform!

29. Plymouth Connect
we are working to increase both student and alumni registrations on Plymouth Connect
Plymouth Connect is now being actively promoted by the Careers and Employability Service. We would really appreciate your support to encourage students to use the platform! 
all final year students will be ed a personalised invite to join Plymouth Connect during January

30. Plymouth Connect
please promote the platform to your final year students and alumni 
template s, social media posts, PowerPoint slides and text for your DLE site have been produced to make it easy for you to encourage students to register, these are available on the intranet at 

31. Plymouth Connect
staff are welcome to join the platform to connect with alumni at 
immediate impact - the student data which we capture on Plymouth Connect between now and November will support the next DLHE survey!

32. Further Information
Want to know more? We will be delivering a more detailed session about Alumni Engagement in the Curriculum on 26 April 2017, book now! 
Dr Liz Hodgkinson, Lecturer, School of Marine Science and Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering​
Jean Almond, Alumni Engagement Manager, Alumni Engagement Team, External Relations ​
@PlymUniAlum 
Nina Kearney, Employability Projects Coordinator, Careers & Employability Service.