EDORT: Some Lessons Learned

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Title: EDORT: Some Lessons Learned

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EDORTSome Lessons Learned

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Background to development of EDORT

TQEF monies funded CDC to take forward no.
employability initiatives
Key initiative helping to identify skills and
the structures in place to support employability
as well as identifying and disseminating good
practice
Reviewed employability audits from a wide range
of Universities
Staff Student version of EDORT

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What areas does EDORT review?

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The implementation of EDORT.

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Results

Staff perceptions tended overall to be rated
higher than student perception ratings
Staff review
areas well developed transfer learning,
curriculum, learning from work,
graduate/postgraduate employment real world
activities
areas in need of development CDL,
extra-curricular, enterprise, PDP
Student review
areas well developed curriculum, real world
activities, graduate/postgraduate employment
PDP
areas in need of development extra-curricular,
enterprise, CDL, transfer learning
while this is in the general context there was
significant variation across Schools

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Factors in their degree students identified as
helping them prepare for graduate employment

Work-based/ work-related opportunities
Career Management skills
Employer engagement / Guest speakers
Transferable / employability skills
My placement year was definitely the most
valuable experience of my course so far. I think
that only through placement can you get a good
idea of employment after college, it cant really
be taught (Art Design Student)
Practical seminars encouraged me to speak
out and voice my opinions which is something that
I am aware that employers are looking for
(Psychology student)
The career modules in which we got to
research career opportunities and had people from
different companies and organisations come in and
give us advice and guidance (Accounting student)

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Exemplars of good practice

1st year students introduced to interpersonal
social skills using video recordings and
role-plays to develop communication skills (BSc
Communication)
Series of 12 two hour seminars where BMS
professionals present good practice for
Biomedical students (Biomedical Sciences)
Students share a common studio space and engage
in cross course activities to encourage cross
disciplinary thinking. (MA Multidisciplinary
design, MDes Textile material Product, MA Art in
Public)
3rd year students engage in multi disciplinary
industry based team projects (BSc Hons Mechanical
Engineering, Engineering Management, Engineering)
Open box module in 3rd year (BMus BDes)

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Action Plans

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Staff perceptions about the EDORT process

This is a useful reflective exercise in helping
to think about what the students have said and
what would like to do. (Business, Finance
Investment)
Helps focus on student needs/expectation and
also that of academic staff. (Law)
The review was useful in helping me to see the
enormous breadth of activities that our School
was involved with as an indirect consequence, I
was then able to use the information for other
University evaluation procedures such as
revalidation and ASM. (Environmental Sciences)
Helps provide some focus and a mechanism to
encourage staff to consider development of
programme(s). (Engineering)
Writing an action plan is the easy part, putting
it into practice is the challenge given the
additional demands on staff and resources (Sports
Studies)