Online Approaches to Supporting  Engagement
with the the Employability Agenda 

With the increasing prominence of employability on university agendas thanks to Graduate Outcomes, LEO and soon the Start to Success metric, how can we get a better understanding and insight into our students developments over the course of their degree? Responses to student surveys is often poor, so I have been trialling Vevox polling as fun way to give student insights into how they are doing whilst also allowing us to get a better picture of how we need to help. In addition to this, I will also be talking through my experiences of using a Google site to provide employability information specific to our School, and of using Google Forms to evaluate the efficacy of embedding employability initiatives.

Session Aims

The aims of this session are to:

• Demonstrate the use Vevox to monitor and track students progress with career planning and career readiness

• Provide an insight into how Google sites can support students with their employability

• Reflect on the efficacy of embedding employability in a second year core module

Links to UKPSF

A1: The session will illustrate how to use Vevox and Google sites to enhance Employability teaching

A4: Google Sites for Employability is an effective 24/7 resources to support students Employability

K4: The session will explore how effective or not various learning technologies are in developing employability

V2: The session will focus on best practices in enhancing employability for all

V3: We will be using data from Google forms, Vevox and Google analytics to evaluate efficacy of practice