Embedding Employability Mini-Fest

Keynote 1: Employability: A Review of the Literature 2016-2021
Dr Maia Pal, Senior Lecturer in International Relations; and Dr Shirley Shipman, Principal Lecturer (Student Experience), Oxford Brookes University (UK)

This literature review aims to identify specific impact and evidence in relation to embedding employability within higher education since the most recent Advance HE literature review from 2016. Conducted by a research team from Oxford Brookes University the review focuses on peer-reviewed journal articles on employability within higher education which present and/or discuss evidence of 'what works'. This keynote will illustrate the dominant themes in the literature since 2016, with discussion of how employability has been theorised, critiqued and challenged in this time, featuring examples of long-term cohort studies, case studies, international comparative studies, and analysis of employability outcomes in relation to large-scale data sets. 

Session 6: 2:30pm to 3:15pm

B3 Regulations! Don't Panic Just Embed and Assess Employability

Speaker: Dr Alex Bradley 

The b3 conditions and in particularly the progression outcome of having 60% attain a positive outcome proposes a significant challenge for many schools within the University.  We know from our own research that many students do not engage extensively with the career service during their time at university and many of them fail commonly used psychometric tests required to get graduate jobs. Our research also indicates that embedding employability within the curriculum can be successful at increasing intentions to apply for internships and enhance their career planning. The challenge for universities is how to implement effective employability initiatives into the curriculum whilst taking with them university staff and students. This talk will address each of these points.