Centre of excellence

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Changing Student ChoicesCredit-Bearing Careers
Education in the CurriculumProject funded by
HECSUBrenda Johnston and Ros Foskett
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Project Aims

• The project aims to
• map the provision of credit-bearing careers
  education within UK HE and FHE institutions and
  to produce a fine-grained typology for this
  provision
• identify the nature and characteristics of the
  provision and
• identify, through a number of vignettes, examples
  of interesting and innovative practice of
  credit-bearing careers education in higher
  education institutions.

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Some definitions

• Credit-bearing courses that are assessed and
  count towards the final award either in terms of
  grades or in terms of being one of the
  constituent courses.
• Careers education a course which seeks to
  position and prepare the student for the next
  stage in their career.
• Credit-bearing careers education units/modules
  which contribute to the career planning or career
  management of students for the next stage after
  completion of their degree or other course.
• The next stage employment or further education
  or time out or unemployment or voluntary
  activities or community and domestic involvement.
  

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The Methodology

• Key Informant Interviews
• Institutional Questionnaire
• Course/Programme/Unit Questionnaire

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Response Rates (Blue returns Red total
possible)
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Typology Thoughts (1)

• Macro-environmental factors
• UK national policy framework
• Funding drivers
• National location

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Institutional Alignment
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Funding for CBCE
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Typology Thoughts (2)

• Meso-environmental factors (institutional level)
• Institutional type
• Institutional history
• Institutional foci

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CBCE by Sector
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Institutional history

• Particular shapes of institutional development
• Institutional histories
• Institutional structures
• Active individuals

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Origins of CBCE
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Institutional foci

• Within above factors each institution will
• Position itself
• Emphasise particular policies
• These may affect the shape of the credit-bearing
  career education

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Typology thoughts (3)

• Micro-level factors (course/programme level)
  provision
• Vertical/horizontal integration
• Disciplinary integration
• Optional or compulsory provision
• Involvement of different personnel

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The Vignettes

• Horizontal integration of provision
• Vertically integrated provision
• Foundation degree provision
• Provision integrated into postgraduate training
• Generic Careers Education as part of a PDP unit
• Collaborative provision
• Career planning and Internship
• Compulsory Final Year Provision
• Enterprise in HE initiative

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Examples of vignettes

• Post-1992 university, vertically linked CBCE
• Further and higher education college

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Contact Details

• Dr Ros Foskett
• email R.Foskett_at_soton.ac.uk
• tel [phone]
• Dr Brenda Johnston
• email B.H.M.Johnston_at_soton.ac.uk
• tel [phone]