Employability in the curriculum: inspiring students to engage

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• Employability in the curriculum inspiring
  students to engage
• Nina Becket
• The Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism
  Network

www.heacademy.ac.uk/hlst
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Employability Resources

• The Higher Education Academy
• in the supporting learning section
• tools e.g. profiles, card sort, skills tools

www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/learning/employability
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Employability Resources

• HLST Network
• Case Studies
• JoHLSTE Vol 7 No 1
• Innovative Approaches to Event Management
  Education in Career Development A Study of
  Student Experiences 
• Incorporating Problem-Based Learning Strategies
  to Develop Learner Autonomy and Employability
  Skills in Sports Science Undergraduates  
• A Comparison of Student and Practitioner
  Perspectives of the Travel and Tourism
  Internship 

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e3i Resources

• Employability Card Sort
• PDP Card Game
• Developing Employability A Case Study
• Career Development Learning Module Guide

www.extra.shu.ac.uk/cetl/e3iresource.html
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Employability Resources

• Council for Industry and Higher Education
• Theme - Developing Employable and Entrepreneurial
  Graduates
• Report Employability What do employers think and
  want?

www.cihe-uk.com
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Conference 6th November OxfordEmployer
Engagement what does it mean for HLST education?

• Call for Papers
• within the theme of employer engagement eg. work
  undertaken to include employability/work-based
  learning in curricula, working with employers,
  consultancy, or assessing employability.
• Abstract Proposal (up to c.500 words) Friday 4th
  July 2008.
• Poster Submissions
• to be displayed during two sessions at the
  conference
• on any topic relating to the conference theme or
  on work in HLST more generally.
• Poster Proposal (objectives) Friday 4th July
  2008.

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UK Students Today

• Lots of them
• Paying customers
• Looking for employability
• Graduates as global citizens

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Points Ponder

• Employability throughout the curriculum
• Enhancing the creativity and entrepreneurial
  skills of graduates
• Pursue the potential of PDP
• Resources for HLST!

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