Promoting Employability for Ethnic Minority Students

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Promoting Employability for Ethnic Minority
Students
A practical guide to setting up career
enhancement projects for disadvantaged students
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PRESENTERS

• Susannah Hall
• Fiona Celeghin

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HISTORY

• Southampton Institute Research
• Career Skills Projects
• MERITS (Minority Ethnic, Recruitment,
  Information, Training and Support)
• Initial Funding
• Now Funded -
• - Widening Participation Premium

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AIMS

• Confidence building
• Preparation for graduate labour
• market

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OBJECTIVES

• Employers expectations of graduates
• Production of a CV
• Understand skills required by employers
• Improved interview technique
• Completion of a work placement
• Reflection

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PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

• Stage One
• 4 Career Enhancement Seminars (CES)
• Stage Two
• 4-6 week placements
• PLUS Logbooks

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PLANNING

• Funding and Resources optional extras
• Produce programme
• Recruitment of organisations and students
• CES
• Arrange placements
• Feedback

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LESSONS LEARNT

• Commitment from students
• How to market the programme
• When to run the programme
• Demand for placement areas
• Expectations of placements
• Costs and Student Incentives

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IMPROVEMENTS

• Commitment Placement
• Presentation from Graduate Trainees
• Require students to produce a CV
• Placements - encourage students
• to network
• Handbook and Logbook

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DOES MERITS WORK?

• Effectiveness of MERITS
• First destination graduate survey 2001/2002
• Student feedback

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QUESTIONS

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• For a free copy of our practical guide to setting
  up
• career enhancement projects for disadvantaged
• students please contact
• susannah.hall_at_solent.ac.uk OR
• fiona.celeghin_at_solent.ac.uk