1. Positioning Placement on the STEM student journey Dr Colin Smith Director of HE Engagement Sally Smith Head of Computing Project Lead for e-Placement Scotland Rosemary Allford HE Employability Event

2. Why is work experience so valued by employers?

4. Dilemmas for the universities

5. Four Positions Inexperience “we haven’t done this before” Silo Approach “some students get to do it” Antipathy “we don’t do this here” Integration “placement is available across all our programmes”

6. Placement Landscape: the Event 2. Networking: Employers, Students and Academics 1. Community of Practice: Defining the Placement Landscape for Computing 3. Facilitated Discussion: ‘on the sofa’ with Employers, Students and Academics

7. Overview of Outcomes

8. Exemplar 1: the ‘sandwich’ Edinburgh Napier University

9. Exemplar 2: the ‘summer’ University of Dundee

10. Exemplar 3: the ‘advanced’ University of Aberdeen

11. Exemplar 4: the ‘part-time’ professional practice, Edinburgh Napier 20 credit module 180 hours with an employer (or school or third sector organisation) Based on establishing a Learning Agreement

12. Edinburgh Napier’s Graduate Employability Project Scottish Funding Council £1m over 3 years Different approaches in each faculty/ school University-wide employer liaison, careers service and ‘confident futures’

13. Deploying the GEP in the School of Computing Third Year Group Project Work Based Learning (sandwich placement) Professional Practice (part-time placement) Masters Dissertation Honours Project Overseas Study

14. Employability Interventions!

15. Preparing Students for Placement: PLACEMEN T ACADEMY

16. Moving Students away from ‘Programming Project’ and towards ‘Professional Practice’

17. Making the Most of a 3 rd Year Group Project

18. Helping Students Recognise (and Document) their Learning

19. Employability Mapping of Programmes Exploitation Evangelism Promotion Interest Awareness Programme Leaders: Ladder of Engagement

20. AUGSEPOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJUL AUGSEPOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJUL Week 1 Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 INF10101 - ISS 1 hour – Situational Judgement Tests + Labour Market + Career planning for Yr 4 INF10101 - ISS 1 hour – Situational Judgement Tests + Labour Market + Career planning for Yr 4 INF10101 - ISS 1 hour – Situational Judgement Tests + Labour Market + Career planning for Yr 4 INF10101 - ISS 1 hour – Situational Judgement Tests + Labour Market + Career planning for Yr 4 Computing Graduate Fair Careers Information & Networking Event Placement preparation (optional) Careers Workshops: CVs, Interviews, Assessment Centres + CV Clinics Placement preparation (optional) Careers Workshops: CVs, Interviews, Assessment Centres + CV Clinics IMD07101 - HCI Interacting with Others Knowing Yourself and Others IMD07101 - HCI Interacting with Others Knowing Yourself and Others SOC09109 – Group Project Understanding employment competencies Presenting skills to employers SOC09109 – Group Project Understanding employment competencies Presenting skills to employers Placement preparation (optional) CF Workshops: Knowing Your Strengths, Resilience Placement preparation (optional) CF Workshops: Knowing Your Strengths, Resilience SOC09109 Group Skills Managing Conflict? Creating Convincing Proposals SOC09109 Group Skills Managing Conflict? Creating Convincing Proposals CSN08112 Careers + Placements Office introduction CSN08112 Careers + Placements Office introduction SOC10101 1 hr workshop about describing honours projects SOC10101 1 hr workshop about describing honours projects Optional Networking Workshop