1. University of Derby Careers & Employment Service
Katie Seymour-Smith, Employability Delivery Manager
‘How our careers service stands out from the crowd’

2. Careers and Employment Service
CES
Yourselves
CES service – strategic vision/aims/challenges
Where degree courses lead? (general or specific)
What questions are students asking about HE? About Derby?
How we work
Subtle differences with some degree choice? (health /education) – what does this look like - students/yourselves?
What do they look at when making choices/decisions?
What our offer is
Range of offer and how you advise? Foundation/joint honours/access/apprenticeships (implications of choice)
What do they base their decisions on?
How that manifests in student experience
What do students get on a course? Their experience
What influences do they have?
Outcomes (destinations)
Funding – implications of post grad funding (MA/MSC)
How do you address?
Where do our Derby students work?
Locality/sectors etc
Has the withdrawal of NHS funding affected recruitment for nursing?
What are their expectations from HE?
What is the ‘make up’ of our students?
How do we support students effectively?
What are parents expectations – how does this manifest?
Home/away choice – how do students at home gain the most from a local experience (what could they do now to make the most)

3. Careers & Employment Service
What do we do?
Responsible for strategic leadership of employability.
Provider of specialist careers services.
Service to all FE and HE students, graduates for up to 3 years, employers and community organisations, and academics.
Driving improvements in higher skilled destinations.
Inspire students to develop their career ambitions;
increase awareness of high skilled employment and enterprise opportunities and the career benefits of continued study;
support them to become confident in articulating and evidencing their skills, attributes and knowledge and to successfully navigate recruitment and selection.
Derby students should be able to make informed career choices and maximise their potential for success.

4. Careers & Employment Service
Who are we?
The team are subject matter experts in employability and the graduate labour market.
Careers Consultants are linked to each college and contribute to curriculum design, inspire students through seminars and deliver career guidance.
Employability Advisers work with students and graduates to explore opportunities and secure positions.
The Employer team engage employers and community organisations; enabling them to access student and graduate talent.
Sue Morrison, Head of Service
Jo Wheldon, Deputy Head
Amber Woodfull, Employer & Community Engagement Manager
Katie Seymour Smith, Senior Careers Consultant
Cathy Levien, Graduate Destinations Manager

5. Careers & Employment Service
How do we work?
contribute to employability education in academic programmes,
Learning & Teaching Strategy embeds employability, including minimum of 30 hours work experience in all FT, UG degrees.
1:1 and 1:many careers advice, guidance and development interventions,
skills development and recognition through the Futures Award and Highfliers,
development of resources and information,
opportunity creation and vacancy management,
Student Employment Agency,
bring employers and community organisations onto campus,
collect and share intelligence on graduate destinations and the graduate labour market to inform decision making.
CES is delivered across all sites, all levels, online and to graduates for 3 years after completion.

6. Careers and Employment Service
Pillar 1: Student Employability: every programme will give students the opportunity to engage with content which ensures that the student is fully prepared for relevant practice environments. The range of activities which may satisfy this requirement are wide, covering activities from formal practice placements and real-world learning, through to work-based projects. Each undergraduate programme will offer at least one credit-bearing module which supports this.
Learning & Teaching Strategy 2016/2020

7. The TEF and related metrics
“The University of Derby has been awarded Gold by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) in the country’s first ever Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), putting it in the top 20% of all providers in the UK.”

8. Feeder metrics and outcomes
DLHE (changes plus LEO data)
NSS
2011/12
2012/13
2013/14
2014/15
2015/16
Work/study 96
96.7
96.9
???
Grad level
56.7
54.4 60 64
Managerial/prof
49.6
49.2
54.3
58.8

9. Table 1: HESA Performance Indicator (E1a) - % in work or study
Institution
% in work or study
Change from 13/14 1
Leeds Beckett University
96.7
+3.3 2
The University of Wolverhampton
96.1
+1.9 3
University of Derby
96.0
-0.9 4
De Montfort University
95.1
-0.7 5
The University of Lincoln
95.0
+2.5 6
Coventry University
94.1
-0.2 7
The Nottingham Trent University
94.0
+0.9 8
Sheffield Hallam University
93.5
+0.7 9
Birmingham City University
92.8
+2.7 10
The Manchester Metropolitan University
92.4
+0.4 11
The University of Central Lancashire
92.2
-0.4 12
Staffordshire University
88.2
+0.1

10. % in graduate level destination
Table 2: Graduate Level Destinations
Institution
% in graduate level destination
Change from 13/14 1
Coventry University
80% +6 2
De Montfort University
75% -2 3
The Nottingham Trent University
73% +5 4
The University of Lincoln
72% +1 5
Birmingham City University
69% +4 6
Sheffield Hallam University +7 7
The Manchester Metropolitan University
67% +3 8
Leeds Beckett University
66% +8 =9
University of Derby
64%
The University of Central Lancashire +2 11
The University of Wolverhampton
60% 12
Staffordshire University
57%

11. What does graduate level work mean?
What Graduate level work is (HESA definition): SOC code – Top 1-3 covering managerial and professional level roles (professionalism and function)
Everything out side of this is non graduate. What it also incorporates:
Post graduate work
Self employment
Own business/enterprise
Volunteering (leadership level)
Internships
Developing creative practice - portfolio
What does graduate level work mean to students? What can this look like?

12. Example of what our graduates go onto?
Example Roles 14/15
Example Employers 14/15
Spa Manager
BBC Radio Derby
Aviation Risk Analyst
Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Graduate Network & Infrastructure Engineer
Enterprise Rent a Car
Management Trainee
Inspirative Arts
Recruitment Consultant
Knit Mania
Social Media Manager
Premier Sport
Small Animal Diagnostic Radiographer
UPS East Midlands Airport
Sports Coach
Women’s Aid
Freeland Theatre Director
University of Derby

13. Achieving impact on High Skilled Destinations
2013/14
Sept KR Hub opens
Jan CES launches with Employability Advisers, Employer Engagement team and new IT systems
2014/15
Oct 2014 First GRIP Fair
Sem. 2 new employer events for subjects
Placements and the Student Employment Agency now part of CES
Highfliers launched
Derby Internship Programme launched
Employable Student Framework launched
2015/16
Expanded graduate offer
Tracking system piloted
Additional graduate relations resourcing
Be the Boss business start up launched Summer 2016
Jan 2017 census
Achieving impact on High Skilled Destinations
Student engagement
4000 at events
6500 at appointments
1007 on Futures Award
600 hours delivery in curriculum
Student engagement
3100 at events
4000 at appointments
945 on Futures Award
400 hours deliver in curriculum
Student engagement
1200 at events
4000 at appointments
419 on Futures Award
300 hours delivery in curriculum

15. Careers and Employment Service
Derby Internship programme
DIP
High Fliers
Futures Award
SEA
Recruitment Fairs - central and college based
Volunteering Fair
Central offer
Bespoke offer CC EA
Be the Boss
Enterprise and business start up
Attributes
&
Tracking

16. Careers and Employment Service
“Employability should be seen as much more than obtaining key skills simply in order to get a job. Rather it should be seen as a range of experiences and attributes developed through higher-level learning. Employability is not a product but a process of learning. It is more about ability than it is about being employed. It is about developing as a critical empowered learner” Harvey (2003) Transitions from higher education to work

18. Employable Student Framework – common language
The ESF is designed to assess the competencies that students need to become employable and successfully pursue a career after graduating.

19. Case study – BOB - student journey – start point – end point
Arts, Education and Humanities
CLaNs
Health
Engineering, computing and mathematics
Business & LSS

20. Any Questions www.derby.ac.uk/ces k.Seymour-smith@derby.ac.uk