1. Greenwich APT Conference
05/07/2016
Working in partnership to support student employability Sarah Knight (Jisc), Peter Chatterton, & Clare Killen with Luke Millard & Jack Hogan (Birmingham City University)
#JiscCAN #Jiscemployability

2. Our aims for this workshop
Explore how technology is supporting students to acquire the digital skills to effectively communicate, influence and engage with employers
Consider opportunities for including employers in student- staff partnership working
Showcase current practices
Overview of Jisc research and resources to help you advance your practice

3. Jisc Technology for Employability research
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Jisc Technology for Employability research
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employability built into
curriculum design & assessment
5 dimensions for adopting technology
T-profile curricula
Employer engagement
Assessment for learning
“Managers, entrepreneurs, and business executives must have e-competences to grow, export and be connected to the global digital markets. In a digital economy, e-leadership skills are essential.”
Michel Catinat, Head of Unit ’Key Enabling Technologies and ICT’” at DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission (European Commission, 2015)
“Businesses want to see higher education institutions doing more to improve the business relevance of undergraduate courses (50%) and to help students become job- ready (42%)”
“Businesses look first and foremost for graduates with the right attitudes and aptitudes to enable them to be effective in the workplace – nearly nine in ten employers (89%) value these above factors such as degree subject (62%)”
Inspiring Growth: CBI/Pearson education and skills survey 2015
“Universities should reflect on the opportunities that are provided for students to develop employability skills through the formal learning methodologies used within the university” (Wilson, 2012, p.10)
“Employable graduates” will be a cornerstone metric of the TEF for HE
FE’s main mission is on line of sight to employment (BIS/FELTAG)
Jisc Technology for Employability research:

4. Working in partnership
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Working in partnership
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Student technology solutions
to improve education, research and student life
Jisc student innovators
Examples:
Students as:
change agents
Staff-student partnerships
Staff-student-employer (& alumni) partnerships
working on real employer problems
(co/extra-curricula)
mentoring students
programme design and delivery (inc assessment)
“business” initiatives e.g. consultancy, agency
trainers
mentors
evaluators
advisors
researchers
Examples:
Mission employable (University of Southampton)
University of Edinburgh SLICCS + Design Agency
University of Greenwich Virtual Law Clinic
resource creators
Working in partnership with students facilitates much more than effective engagement of students in the development of their digital environment. It can also prompt and support staff to develop their own digital capabilities and enhance their practice.
There is growing evidence that this approach is enabling  providers and universities to deliver more effective  student engagement activities and to engage their students in active dialogue about the digital aspects of their learning experiences as well as to explore the role of technology in supporting students’ studies and in preparing them for employment.
Jisc Change Agents’ Network

5. The employable student in a digital world
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Digital capability underpins all aspects

6. Examples of practice

7. Find out more
Jisc NUS TSEP Benchmarking the student digital experience –
Enhancing the student digital experience -
Developing successful student staff partnerships -
Change agents’ network –
Case studies of institutional practice -
Using technology to support employability -
The Student Engagement Partnership –
REACT project –
Technology for Employability report –
Technology for Employability toolkit –
Technology for Employability blog -
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8. Sharing your experiences
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Sharing your experiences
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What one thing …
… are you going to do as a result of this event to advance or enhance the digital employability of your students?
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Use our Twitter hash tag #JiscCAN
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9. Find out more… http://can.jiscinvolve.org Jisc Change Agents’ Network
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